Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-26
000116649
Contested design: 008490627-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 008490627-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008490627-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Solis Benelux B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Stadskade 318, 7311 XX Apeldoorn Netherlands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
X. J. Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No 3, Shijing Industrial Zone, Shijing, Pingshan, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Grills/Raclette electric oven shown on page 61 of the 'X.J. Group 2019-2020 Living for Your Design' catalogue
22913A · X.J. Group 2019-2020 Living for Your Design catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity, arguing the contested design lacked novelty and individual character over a very similar grill/raclette shown in the holder-linked 2019-2020 catalogue as model 22913A.
- ›The holder argued the catalogue did not show a specific publication date, so it was insufficient to prove disclosure before the contested design's filing date.
- ›The Division accepted the catalogue as publicly distributed by at least the end of 2019 and therefore as prior disclosure before filing and outside the 12-month grace period.
- ›The Division found the designs shared the same basic structure, plates, pans, shape and proportions, with only minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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