Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-20
000121301
Contested design: 009206592-0001
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 009206592-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mortred s.r.o.via PDF extraction
SK
Sky Park Offices 1, Bottova 2A, 81109 Bratislava, Slovakia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Neng Luovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 7-1, Building 7, No. 2 Guanyinyan Branch Road, Yubei District, Chongqing, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
CycleMore 24 Pcs Spice Jars with Bamboo Lids
https://www.amazon.com; ASIN B0B1HW8CZ2 · Amazon · disclosed 2022-05-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier online disclosures of spice jars predating the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied, among other things, on an Amazon listing for CycleMore spice jars, with ASIN data, availability from 17/05/2022, and customer reviews with photos.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the Amazon design had been disclosed under Article 7(1) CDR and that the contested design differed only in immaterial details, so it lacked novelty.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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