Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-18
000123494
Contested design: 009180383-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009180383-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Benno Klosvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Nelkenstraße 15, 85591 Vaterstetten, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shanghai Dumo Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Building 8, No. 8188, Daye Highway, Fengxian District, Shanghai, China
Represented by
Jörg Brettschneider
Prior art cited (1)
flintronic SDS-Plus machine chisel offered on Amazon
ASIN B 07S SR9 5CM · Amazon (amazon.de) · disclosed 2019-06-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested machine chisel design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier disclosures, relying in particular on Amazon listing D1 dated 10/06/2019.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior disclosure and found both designs shared the same overall shape, with only minor differences insufficient to alter the informed user's overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6 CDR and was declared invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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