Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-24
000119622
Contested design: 008099451-0001
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 008099451-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Emran Hajdarivia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Sülchenstraße 16, 72108 Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jinhua Haihua Daily necessities factory
China (CN)
1-2F, No.3 East, West of Jinshan Ave., Xiaoshun Town, Jindong Dist., Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon.de offer for a contour gauge / measuring and contour gauge product
ASIN B0874BB8C5 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-04-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested contour gauge lacked individual character because an Amazon.de product with ASIN B0874BB8C5 had been publicly offered since 15 April 2020.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as a prior public web disclosure and identified the informed user as a purchaser familiar with measuring and contour gauges.
- ›It found the shared body, lamellas, rulers, lever and other free design features outweighed minor differences such as screws, repeated rectangles and colour combination.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid in full, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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