Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-29
000118617
Contested design: 006380663-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006380663-0007 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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Germany (DE)
Gerlingstraße 41, 45127 Essen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangzhou Xunte Web Tech Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Dongyi Auto Parts Square 07, Tianhe District Guangzhou, China
Represented by
Nan Li
Prior art cited (1)
Zunto Self-adhesive Towel Hook for Bathroom and Kitchen
ASIN B01 N4K IJYF · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-01-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier Amazon listing of the same towel holder before 18 April 2019.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, the prior design, or the invalidity grounds.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout and screenshots as sufficient internet disclosure from 4 January 2017 under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Given broad designer freedom and no clear shape differences, the contested design created the same overall impression and lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs of EUR 750 were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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