Invalidity · first instance · 2024-04-04
000121104
Contested design: 009046501-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 009046501-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Roomart GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Ebersdorf 41, 90599 Dietenhofen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Wasombouw B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Frankrijkstraat 3, 5171PR Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Washing machine and dryer cabinet
ASIN B 099 FGM BRM · www.amazon.de · disclosed 2020-08-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Amazon-disclosed washing machine and dryer cabinet available since 14 August 2020.
- ›Holder argued the contested design differed through concealed beams, adjustable feet, greater width, material choice, and black handles, and said limited design freedom made those differences significant.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon screenshots as sufficient proof of disclosure under Article 7(1) and treated the earlier online product images as the relevant prior design.
- ›It found the designs shared the same overall shape, proportions, and arrangement of two machine recesses, tray, and top cabinet, while the cited differences did not alter the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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