Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-09
000122575
Contested design: 009109721-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009109721-0007 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Blackcoco's GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Neckarsulmer Str. 59, 74076 Heilbronn, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Bing Livia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
23 Brynawelon road, Cardiff Cardiff [Caerdydd GB-CRD] CF23 6qr, United Kingdom
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for the KONO Twin Wheels Travel Suitcase
ASIN B08 3J3 JX2K · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-01-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an Amazon listing showing the same suitcase before the filing date.
- ›Holder argued the earlier Amazon product was its own design and should benefit from the grace period, and maintained the contested design should remain registered.
- ›The Division found the Amazon listing proved disclosure from 2020-01-08, well outside the 12-month grace period, so the prior design formed part of the prior art.
- ›Because the two suitcase designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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