Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-22
000123999
Contested design: 009017999-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 009017999-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Wolfgangs GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Rathausstr. 21, 68519 Viernheim, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Cuiling Luo
China (CN)
Room 110, No. 3888, Nanshan Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong 518000 China
Represented by
Michele Carella
Prior art cited (1)
pepper grinder
ASIN No B 09C 4L9 91F · Amazon.de · disclosed 2021-08-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested pepper grinder design lacked novelty and individual character because nearly identical products had been sold internationally before the filing date.
- ›As evidence, the applicant relied on an Amazon.de listing for a pepper grinder with ASIN B 09C 4L9 91F shown as available since 8 August 2021.
- ›The holder filed no observations, and the Division accepted the Amazon listing as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR before 6 May 2022.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom, the minor colour and detail differences did not change the overall impression, so the design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
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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