Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-28
000120059
Contested design: 008868517-0004
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 008868517-0004 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
Chuang-Kang Machinery Technology Co., Ltd
Taiwan (TW)
NO. 128, Yazhou Rd.,Tucheng Dist, New Taipei City 236042 Taiwan
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
coffee grinder disclosed and advertised in a Facebook post
www.facebook.com · disclosed 2020-12-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying inter alia on a Facebook disclosure of a similar coffee grinder posted on 5 December 2020.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure or the merits.
- ›The Division accepted the Facebook post as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found average designer freedom for non-electric coffee grinders.
- ›Comparing the protected features only, the Division found the designs produced the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
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 ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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