Invalidity · first instance · 2024-09-17
000125575
Contested design: 008872741-0001
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 008872741-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Legami S.P.A. Societa Benefitvia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Stezzano, 18, 24052 Azzano S. Paolo (BG), Italy
Represented by
Giorgia Segaliari, Federico Paesan, Marco Rinaldi
Holder · RCD owner
Shangrao Guangsong Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Building 15, Huaxi Automobile Trade City, Fengxi Street, Guangfeng District, Shangrao, Jiangxi, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for a set of pencils called 'Matite HB…'
ASIN No B09 5P6 RQR6 · Amazon website (amazon.it) · disclosed 2021-08-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier Amazon-disclosed pencil design available before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printouts as sufficient evidence of prior disclosure under Article 7(1) and assessed individual character under Article 6.
- ›It found the designs produced the same overall impression on the informed user; minor colour or image-size differences did not change that result.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid in full, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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