Invalidity · first instance · 2023-07-21
000119698
Contested design: 008848766-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder’s fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008848766-0001 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
Ridgewood Global Limitedvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
8 Rodborough Road, London NW11 8RY United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
UAB Orbio world
LT
K. Donelaičio g. 60, 44248 Kaunas, Lithuania
Represented by
Rytis Rudzinskas
Prior art cited (3)
knife listing on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Butcher-Cleaver-Kitrchen-Caveman/dp/B08NB2867V?th͇͇͇=1 · Amazon.com · disclosed 2020-11-12
knife listing on Amazon
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B08L4PMZ7Q · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-01-14
knife listing on Amazon
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B08ND246BJ · Amazon.fr · disclosed 2020-11-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on three earlier Amazon knife listings disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the knife sector was crowded and the contested design differed in the handle, blade spine, notches, heel, handle lines, and bolster.
- ›The Division accepted D1 to D3 as prior web disclosures but found the designer had at least average freedom and the visual differences created a different overall impression.
- ›The invalidity grounds under Articles 6 and 5 failed, so the application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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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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