Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-09
000119479
Contested design: 008212831-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0082128310001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Maria Kaźmierczak M&Mvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Stawowa, nr 4648, 63900 Rawicz, Poland
Represented by
Marcin Staniszewski
Holder · RCD owner
Jingmen Junkai Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 803, 8th Floor, Building 2, Jingyuan, No. 29 Huyaguan Avenue, Duodao District, Jingmen City, Hubei Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
blue polishing pad offered on Amazon.de
ASIN B07 D7L JVMH · Amazon.de · disclosed 2018-05-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested polishing-pad design lacked novelty and individual character because identical or very similar products had been publicly sold on Amazon since 2018.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de extract as sufficient proof of disclosure before 23/10/2020 and assessed individual character primarily against the blue polishing pad shown there.
- ›It found the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character and the application was upheld.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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