Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-04
000121524
Contested design: 008848766-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0088487660001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yi Wu Lian Xiang Trading Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.35, Group 3, Fanzhuang Vil., Nanmachang Township, Economic and Technological Development Zone, Huaian City, Jiangsu 223000, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
UAB Orbio world
LT
K. Donelaičio g. 60, 44248 Kaunas, Lithuania
Represented by
Rytis Rudzinskas
Prior art cited (1)
Tombro Huusk knife listing
Amazon ASIN B098L84TLB · Amazon.com · disclosed 2021-07-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an Amazon.com listing for a Tombro Huusk knife available since 03/07/2021.
- ›Holder disputed disclosure, authenticity, admissibility, and EU relevance of the Amazon evidence, citing possible ASIN fraud and trade mark misuse.
- ›The Division found the Amazon listing sufficiently proved disclosure under Article 7(1), and the holder did not substantiate fraud or show the US listing could not become known in the EU.
- ›Because the prior and contested knives created the same overall impression on the informed user, the design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| 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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