Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-27
000118726
Contested design: 008507610-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0085076100001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder's costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Bergner Europe S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Carretera del Aeropuerto Kilómetro 4, Edificio, Calle San Lamberto, Planta 3, 50011 Zaragoza, Spain
Represented by
Cristian Nastase
Holder · RCD owner
Daka Research Inc.via PDF extraction
VG
PO Box 957, Road Town, Tortola 00000, Virgin Islands (British)
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Owner's guide showing the Ninja Foodi 2-basket Air Fryer
NINJA Foodi 2-basket Air Fryer owner's guide · ninjakitchen.com
Archived webpage showing the Ninja Air Fryer
http://www.ninjakitchen.com/ · Internet Archive / ninjakitchen.com · disclosed 2020-11-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested air fryer lacked novelty and individual character over the earlier Ninja Foodi 2-basket Air Fryer disclosed before 29/03/2021.
- ›The holder argued the shared product features were commonplace and that visible differences in the front, cover plate, handles, panel position, and back altered the overall appearance.
- ›The Division accepted that the Ninja design had been disclosed and found the informed user would notice several significant visual differences in features where design freedom was broad.
- ›The application was rejected because the contested design created a different overall impression and was therefore also new.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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