Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-21
000119739
Contested design: 009062516-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0090625160001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
ALM Manufacturing Limitedvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Grimbald Crag Close, St James Business Park, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire HG5 8PJ, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yiwu Shunge Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 305, 3rd Floor, Unit 3, Building 40, Pingchou Second District, Jiangdong Street, Yiwu, Zhejiang 322000, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
ToPicks Lawn Mower Plastic Cutting Blades
ASIN B086HCP1NY · www.amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2020-04-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested chaffcutter blade lacked novelty and individual character because materially identical blades had already been sold and disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied in particular on Amazon screenshots showing ToPicks Lawn Mower Plastic Cutting Blades available since 9 April 2020 under ASIN B086HCP1NY.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the applicant's disclosure evidence and arguments were unrebutted.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior public disclosure and found the earlier blade created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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