Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-12
000119659
Contested design: 008727408-0001
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 0087274080001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Walteco DE GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Gerberstraße 11, 56727 Mayen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jianzhong Wenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 033, Laowu Group,Tulou Village, Datongqiao Town, You County, Zhuzhou, Hunan 412300, China
Prior art cited (1)
KOLAKO door stop
ASIN B08 R1X J8Y5 · amazon.de · disclosed 2021-03-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity of the contested door-stop design for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier door stops, especially an Amazon-listed KOLAKO product.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as prior disclosure before the filing date and found the informed user would directly compare the designs.
- ›The shared cylindrical body and two-ring configuration dominated the overall impression; minor surface and perimeter differences did not create individual character, so invalidity was granted.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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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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