Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-06
000119558
Contested design: 007730635-0002
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 0077306350002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Giuseppe Rotolovia PDF extraction
Switzerland (CH)
Widengasse 27b, 5070 Frick, Switzerland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Haoqi Mao
China (CN)
No.10, Lane 29, Mingshan Jiangbei Rd., Xikou Town, Fenghua, Zhejiang 315500 China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Wolfcraft measuring and contour gauge offered on Amazon
ASIN B01JAANLW4 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-07-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested contour gauge was identical or very similar to earlier gauges already used before filing and lacked individual character.
- ›The applicant relied in particular on an Amazon.de offer for a Wolfcraft product with ASIN B01JAANLW4, available since 30 July 2016.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as prior disclosure and found the common body and lamella features outweighed minor differences such as rulers, rectangles, and screws.
- ›The contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user as the prior design, so the application was upheld and the design invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberAlfonso CID GONZALEZ
Decision files
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| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| 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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