Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-26
000116650
Contested design: 008490627-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 008490627-0002 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008490627-0002 is declared invalid.
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)
grill/raclette electric oven shown as model 22913A
X.J. Group 2019-2020 Living for Your Design, page 61, model 22913A · X.J. Group catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested electric oven design lacked novelty and individual character over a very similar earlier product shown in the holder-linked 2019-2020 catalogue as model 22913A.
- ›The holder argued that the catalogue showed no specific publication date, so it was insufficient to prove disclosure before the contested design's filing date.
- ›The Division accepted the catalogue as publicly disclosed by at least the end of 2019 and found both designs highly similar, differing only in minor details such as the front knob and side holders.
- ›The contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the invalidity application was upheld and the design was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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