Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-17
000121102
Contested design: 009074958-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 009074958-0001 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 009074958-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Marco Braunvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Hauptstraße 8, 90562 Heroldsberg, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Avance Online SL
Spain (ES)
Calle Alfaqueque 7, 41002 Sevilla, Spain
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for 'Quick star metal log rack, Anthracite XXL 185 x 70 x 185 cm, Garden log rack, 2.3 m, Firewood Storage'
ASIN B 07H Y2J ZM5 · Amazon (amazon.de) · disclosed 2018-09-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier storage-rack disclosures on Amazon, especially a Quick star log rack offered from 30/09/2018.
- ›Holder argued the application was inadmissible because the disclosure place was identified only as amazon.de, disputed similarity between the designs, and challenged assumptions about the contested design's material.
- ›The Division held the Amazon evidence sufficiently identified and proved disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found the relevant informed user would perceive highly similar overall shape, structure, and appearance.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Articles 25(1)(b), 4(1) and 6(1)(b) CDR, so the application was upheld, the design invalidated, and the holder ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico DERRICO
- 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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