Invalidity · first instance · 2024-09-12
000124895
Contested design: 006269254-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 006269254-0001 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
Amacoa GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Bierstraße 8-9, 49074 Osnabrück, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Reapow Technology Co.,Limitedvia PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
Unit 2508a 25/F Bank Of America Tower 12 Harcourt Rd Central, Hong Kong 999077 Hong Kong
Prior art cited (1)
teapot warmer
https://www.amazon.de (ASIN B06WRWQ5DR) · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-02-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, arguing that an identical teapot warmer had been sold on Amazon before the contested design's filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon material as sufficient proof of prior online disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›The Division found the earlier design was not identical because undisclosed bottom and internal features of the contested design could not be treated as immaterial differences, so the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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