Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-20
000124335
Contested design: 015042276-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 015042276-0001. 3. Las costas sufragadas por la titular, fijadas en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Carl Freudenberg KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Höhnerweg 2-4, 69469 Weinheim, Alemania
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Nanchang Wangxing Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
5A-1001A, Laimeng Metropolis Office Building, No 999 Diezihu Avenue, Honggutan Country, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province 330000 China
Prior art cited (1)
Vileda Turbo 2in1 EasyWring & Clean Wischmopp Ersatzköpfe mop head listing
ASIN B01 M59 ILYN · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-10-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an Amazon.de listing showing a Vileda mop head available from 11 October 2016.
- ›The holder was invited to comment on the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as sufficient proof of prior internet disclosure under Article 7(1) and assessed the designer's freedom as at least medium.
- ›It found the compared mop-head designs produced the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b).
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs of EUR 750 were fixed against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberCollin para manuel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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