Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-19
000124655
Contested design: 015037709-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0150377090001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Vinzenz Terjungvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Am Hammerstättchen 3, 90513 Zirndorf, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yongyong Zhu
China (CN)
Building B1a, Lianchuang International Plaza, Chengxiang District, Putian City, Fujian Province 351100, China
Represented by
Michele Carella
Prior art cited (2)
Foldable garbage can / bottle storage container with lid sold as "aceyoon Deposit Bottle Storage"
ASIN B0CD GZX 6NB · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-08-02
Laundry basket available on Amazon
Amazon · disclosed 2022-08-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on Amazon product disclosures D1 and D2 predating the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as a public internet disclosure under Article 7(1) and found broad designer freedom for garbage cans.
- ›It held that the contested design created the same overall impression as D1 on the informed user and lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
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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