Invalidity · first instance · 2023-07-11
000120202
Contested design: 009191927-0002
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 0091919270002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Aff Commerce Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Rajec Poduchowny 95A, 26613 Rajec Poduchowny, Poland
Represented by
Maciej Marian Priebe
Holder · RCD owner
Martomvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Piaskowa 10, 66-008 Świdnica, Poland
Represented by
Anna Giercarz
Prior art cited (1)
Ruyilam Solar Lights Outdoor Garden solar lamp design offered on Amazon
ASIN B08 C51 XWVG · www.amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2020-07-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier Amazon disclosure of a similar solar light before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut the applicants' evidence or contest disclosure, designer freedom, or the design comparison.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior public disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and assessed individual character first for procedural economy.
- ›It found the designs produced the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear the fixed costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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