Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-06
000118198
Contested design: 008368047-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008368047-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
West & East GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Vahrenwalder Str. 213, 30165 Hannover, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jiuxiang Guoji Maoyi Beijing Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 313-523, 3rd Floor, Shanshui Building, No.3 Gulou East Street, Miyun District, Beijing, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for the 'MaxVitalis' cushion
https://amazon.de; ASIN B07BM945JC · Amazon.de · disclosed 2018-03-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Amazon disclosure of the same cushion design dating from 20/03/2018.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut the claimed internet disclosure or the substantive invalidity grounds.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found substantial designer freedom for cushion shape and appearance.
- ›It held that the shared triangular shape, central buttons, side pocket, borders, and overall appearance created the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
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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