Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-29
000118618
Contested design: 006380663-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006380663-0003 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 (2)
Aizik toilet paper holder
ASIN B07 B92 3LHR · amazon.de · disclosed 2018-03-08
very similar toilet paper holder sold on Amazon
Amazon
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested toilet paper holder lacked novelty and individual character in light of Amazon disclosures D1 and D2 predating the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted Amazon evidence for D1 as sufficient disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found broad design freedom for toilet paper holders.
- ›It held that the contested design produced the same overall impression as D1 on the informed user and therefore lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs 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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