Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-17
000119480
Contested design: 004759462-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 004759462-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
TecTake GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Tauberweg 41, 97999 Igersheim Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Qingdao zhengtao tool co.,Ltd.
China (CN)
Xia village, Zhangjialou town, Huangdao District, Shandong Province,, Qingdao City, 266000 China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
earlier identical handcart design invoked for novelty
FUXTEC FX-CT700 foldable handcart
Amazon.de ASIN B07 42J NDW1 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-07-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier handcart disclosures including an Amazon listing for the FUXTEC FX-CT700.
- ›The holder argued the handcarts differed in wheel design, spoke count, pocket layout, rear rod and buckles, and said a crowded prior-design landscape limited designer freedom.
- ›The Division found the Amazon listing proved disclosure before the 15 March 2018 filing date and held the holder had not shown a saturated state of the art for handcarts.
- ›Comparing the designs overall, the Division held the shared structure, frame, canopy, basket and handle arrangement outweighed the minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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