Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-15
000120383
Contested design: 008659163-0001
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 0086591630001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Iron Hodl GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Apprichstr. 12a, 86199 Augsburg, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yongqing Tu
China (CN)
No. 3039, Baoan North Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Prior art cited (1)
BUTTERFLY bitcoin steel wallet
https://www.amazon.de/BUTTERFLY-US-bitcoin-steel-wallletdouble/dp/B08QV45ZQK/ref=sr_1_145_sspa · Amazon.de · disclosed 2021-02-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier Amazon-disclosed BUTTERFLY bitcoin steel wallet.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior disclosure and found the compared cryptocurrency wallet designs created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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