Invalidity · first instance · 2023-07-31
000120499
Contested design: 009042310-0001
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 009042310-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
RISSLER SARLvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
1 Place du General de Gaulle, 67400 Illkirch Graffenstaden, France
Represented by
Hortense Bessiere
Holder · RCD owner
EAR Life Experiencevia PDF extraction
France (FR)
983 Chemin de Verneuil, 71850 Charnay Les Macon, France
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon.fr listing for a talking clock for Alzheimer / visually impaired persons packaging
ASIN B07V2NXS34 · Amazon.fr · disclosed 2019-07-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested packaging design had already been disclosed identically on Amazon.fr in July 2019, destroying novelty.
- ›The holder filed no observations on the invalidity application despite receiving an extension of time.
- ›The Division found the Amazon.fr printouts and ASIN evidence sufficient to prove public disclosure before the filing date and outside the grace period.
- ›Because the prior and contested designs were identical in all relevant features, the contested design lacked novelty under Article 5 CDR.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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