Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-10
000117855
Contested design: 008265029-0001
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 008265029-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
incubado GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 3-7, 25479 Ellerau, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Leqing Huang
China (CN)
Room 1403, Duty Free Business Building, No. 6, Fuhua 1st Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
Bicycle Pizza Cutter offered on Amazon
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B07631XJXX · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-10-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested bicycle-shaped pizza cutter lacked novelty and individual character because the same product had been sold on Amazon since 19 October 2017.
- ›Holder replied that the Amazon disclosure came from the same holder and filed Seller Central and business-license evidence to show the earlier product was its own disclosure.
- ›The Division held the Amazon listing was a valid internet disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and fell outside the 12-month grace period in Article 7(2) CDR.
- ›Comparing the bicycle-shaped pizza cutters, the Division found no different overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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