Invalidity · first instance · 2023-05-04
000119982
Contested design: 009070097-0003
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 009070097-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Crocs, Inc.via PDF extraction
United States (US)
13601 Via Varra, Broomfield, Colorado 80020, United States
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
SAMLUX, spol. s.r.o.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Tiskařská 599/12, 10000, Praha 10, Czechia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for Reis Clogs unisex clogs
https://www.amazon.it; ASIN B07 SVN 2K5K · Amazon Italy website · disclosed 2020-03-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on Amazon screenshots of earlier Reis Clogs unisex clogs disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, the informed user, or the comparison advanced by the applicant.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found the designer had broad freedom for clogs.
- ›It found the common shape, material surface, colour and strap features outweighed minor differences, so both designs created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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