Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-19
000119999
Contested design: 007366851-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007366851-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
BB Coffee Company GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Kapellenstr. 9, 82008 Unterhaching, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Huachun Zhan
China (CN)
No.22 Linchang Village, Dajia Town, Gutian County, Fujian Province 352200, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
video still showing a non-electric coffee grinder
www.facebook.com/ElephantBeans · Facebook / Elephant Beans Coffee Freiburg · disclosed 2018-12-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on prior coffee-grinder disclosures including a Facebook video posted on 14 December 2018.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Facebook evidence as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the informed user would perceive the designs as producing the same overall impression.
- ›Given at least average design freedom and only minor differences, the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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