Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-19
000120080
Contested design: 009064918-0003
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 0090649180003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Duwayl Concept GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Mohnweg 5, 47906 Kempen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shanghai Niuwang Tools Co., Ltd
China (CN)
1st Floor, Building 1, No. 977, Shangfeng Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 201201, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for 'SDS Plus Spachtelmeißel' floor scraper product
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B07 ZQM 9JHB · Amazon Germany · disclosed 2019-11-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Amazon-disclosed floor scraper available before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied on an Amazon.de offer and review images for product ASIN B07 ZQM 9JHB showing availability since 7 November 2019.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as disclosure under Article 7 and found the prior and contested designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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