Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-24
000124996
Contested design: 008542377-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008542377-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Olsen Store GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Lise-Meitner-Str. 10, 22941 Bargteheide, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Dingzhen Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
3E052, Bldg 2, Phase 2, South China International Printing Paper Packaging Logistics Zone, No.1 Huanan Avenue, Pinghu Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
stickers (set of -) / Pack of 198 Self-Adhesive labels
Amazon ASIN B 01M 27L F1T · Amazon
stickers (set of -) / Savvy&Sorted 96 Labels
Amazon ASIN B07 8J7 SK8W · Amazon
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested sticker design lacked novelty and individual character over two earlier sticker sets allegedly sold on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division held the Amazon evidence was insufficient because the extracts did not themselves show complete source, date, and representation details needed to prove disclosure.
- ›Because effective prior disclosure was not established, the invalidity grounds under Article 25(1)(b) CDR failed and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
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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