Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-31
000124419
Contested design: 015029375-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015029375-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Elm & Neudecker GbRvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Am Sandberg 8, 60599 Frankfurt, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhenshi Tongmuhe Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
1107, Building A, Weidonglong Business Building, No. 2125 Meilong Avenue, Tsinghua Community, Longhua, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Jesús Eladio Sánchez Silva
Prior art cited (1)
URAQT Children's Birthday Crown
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B 09L M2H P1M · Amazon.de · disclosed 2021-11-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested party-decoration design lacked novelty and individual character because an almost identical product had been sold online before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied on an Amazon.de offer for the 'URAQT Children's Birthday Crown' with ASIN B 09L M2H P1M, shown as available since 11/11/2021.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so it did not challenge disclosure or the comparison with the prior design.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as sufficient internet disclosure and found the compared designs identical in all relevant visible features.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked novelty under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 5(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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