Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-19
000124436
Contested design: 008543813-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 008543813-0001 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Qinglian Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
58 Shanglian Village, Xinnan Village Committee, Yangchun City, Guangdong Province 529619, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Konstantin Tahtadjiev
Holder · RCD owner
Ziel Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No. 198-19 Songshan South Road, Dongfang Building 6F, Suite 601, Erqi District, Zhengzhou City, Zhengzhou 450015 Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Yi Kong
Prior art cited (1)
mailbox marketed as SONGMICS
ASIN B08L81K2P4 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2021-01-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty based on D1, an Amazon-listed SONGMICS mailbox disclosed before the RCD filing date.
- ›The holder argued D1 fell within the Article 7(2) grace period because it was marketed by its subsidiary EUZIEL on the holder's instructions.
- ›The Division accepted that D1 was publicly disclosed on 14 January 2021 but found that disclosure attributable to the holder within the 12-month grace period.
- ›Because D1 had to be disregarded for novelty, the Article 25(1)(b) invalidity claim failed and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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