Invalidity · first instance · 2024-09-06
000122174
Contested design: 008651806-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0086518060001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Out of the blue KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Beim neuen Damm 28, 28865 Lilienthal, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yifeng Hevia PDF extraction
China (CN)
102A, Block 4, Xiangqi Garden, Shahe, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518053, China
Prior art cited (1)
BEZOX 2-in-1 Nano Glass Callus Remover foot file
ASIN B0829PLSFX · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-12-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested foot-file design lacked novelty and individual character because an identical earlier design had been disclosed online before filing.
- ›The applicant relied on an Amazon.de listing for the BEZOX 2-in-1 Nano Glass Callus Remover, available since 9 December 2020; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found only minor possible differences in unshown side details, abrasive surface, length, and finish.
- ›It held that those differences did not alter the overall impression of a smooth, rounded, elongated foot file, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
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| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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