Invalidity · first instance · 2024-04-23
000123835
Contested design: 009183056-0001
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 009183056-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Maximilian Stückert
Germany (DE)
Am Dürrbach 6, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Affargo LTD
United Kingdom (GB)
27, Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX, United Kingdom
Prior art cited (1)
Bezox Cuticle Cutter nail clipper shown on Amazon
ASIN B07FNM63DP · www.amazon.de · disclosed 2018-07-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested nail-clipper design lacked novelty and individual character because the same design had already been disclosed on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as a public internet disclosure from 24 July 2018 and treated the clearer duplicate image as usable for comparison.
- ›It found the designs created the same overall impression; differences in screws versus rivets and the BEZOX mark were insignificant for individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKĖ
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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