Invalidity · first instance · 2023-07-25
000120201
Contested design: 009188451-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holders must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009188451-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Iso Trade Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Hangarowa 15, 59220 Legnica Poland
Represented by
Maciej Marian Priebe
Holder · RCD owner
Investigate Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Gustawa Morcinka 15 21, 31762 Krakówm Poland
Represented by
Anna Giercarz
Prior art cited (1)
Voilamart 4PCS Bike Wall Mounted Bike Rack Space Saving Bicycle Wall Hanger Vertical Bike Storage Stand for Indoor Garage Warehouse Black (Max Load 66lb)
https://www.amazon.co.uk; ASIN No B07 H67 3SB6 · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2019-10-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier bicycle-rack designs disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›It relied on an Amazon.co.uk product listing with ASIN B07 H67 3SB6, described as first available on 24/10/2019.
- ›The holders filed no observations and did not rebut the claimed online disclosure or the comparison evidence.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as sufficient disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found the compared designs materially identical.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked novelty under Article 5(1)(b) CDR; the Division did not examine individual character further.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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