Invalidity · first instance · 2023-07-28
000119069
Contested design: 008500961-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Registered Community design No 0085009610001 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 0085009610001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Grupa Orion Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnościąvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Obrońców Westerplatte 73a, 40335 Katowice, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Suzhou Jianli Machinery & Equipment CO., LTD
China (CN)
Xuzhuang Village, Xiangcheng Economic and Technological Development Zone, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Represented by
Daniel Dimov
Prior art cited (1)
Elitehoff dish rack E-8056 32cm x 43cm x 14cm
Allegro offers No 12207692013, 9938650318 and 9924825537 · allegro.pl / archiwum.allegro.pl · disclosed 2020-11-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested dish rack lacked novelty and individual character because the same design had been sold online in 2020 before the filing date.
- ›The holder challenged the authenticity and probative value of the Allegro screenshots and argued that several design differences created a different overall impression.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Allegro and archived-offer evidence as reliable proof of disclosure before filing and treated the three offers as showing the same prior design.
- ›The Division found only minor differences in compartments, tray rim and handles, while the overall shape, structure, proportions and black-and-wood appearance were essentially the same.
- ›The application succeeded under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b) CDR, so the contested design was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlfonso CID GONZALEZ
Decision files
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| 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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