Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-07
000118300
Contested design: 007260187-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD 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 007260187-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Artur Schäfervia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Kölnerstraße 13, 40211 Düsseldorf, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Qing Livia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 12A Unit 8A Jindiluhuyihao Huanguan road south Longhua district, Shenzhen Guangdong, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for the 'FunTomia Set' showing pads and protectors
ASIN B00KGSLM6W · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-08-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier pad designs allegedly marketed well before the filing date.
- ›The applicant submitted Amazon evidence for the 'FunTomia Set' with ASIN B00KGSLM6W, shown as available since 23/08/2016.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the prior web disclosure and the applicant's comparison went unrebutted.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon disclosure under Article 7 and found the compared protectors identical in configuration and face motif, differing only in color.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character, so the application was upheld and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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