Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-22
000119718
Contested design: 008676001-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0086760010001 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, Bldg. 40, Pingchou Second Dist., Jiangdong St., Yiwu, Zhejiang 322000, China
Prior art cited (1)
ALM FE220 / ALM Plastic Trimmer Blades FE220 blade
http://almmanufacturing.com; ASIN B08Y5WLTFJ · Wayback Machine capture of almmanufacturing.com and amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2019-10-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested chaffcutter blade lacked novelty and individual character because identical or very similar blades had already been sold and shown online before filing.
- ›The applicant relied on Wayback Machine captures from its website and Amazon printouts for ALM FE220 blades; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the internet disclosures under Article 7(1) CDR and found the prior and contested blades shared the same main shape, aperture, bevelled edges, and overall appearance.
- ›The contested design produced no different overall impression on the informed user, so it lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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