Invalidity · first instance · 2025-01-16
000120871
Contested design: 015002922-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear 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 015002922-0001 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
BB Coffee Company GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Kapellenstr. 9, 82008 Unterhaching, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Chuang-Kang Machinery Technology Co., Ltd
Taiwan (TW)
NO. 128, Yazhou Rd., Tucheng Dist, New Taipei City 236042, Taiwan
Represented by
Prior art cited (14)
non-electric coffee grinder
RCD No. 007366851-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2020-01-03
coffee grinder, non-electric [household]
RCD No. 008868517-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-03-04
coffee grinder, non-electric [household]
RCD No. 008868517-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-03-04
coffee grinder, non-electric [household]
RCD No. 008868517-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-03-04
coffee grinder, non-electric [household]
RCD No. 008868517-0004 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-03-04
coffee grinder, non-electric [household]
RCD No. 008868517-0005 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-03-04
coffee grinder, non-electric [household]
RCD No. 002176917-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2013-02-12
coffee grinder, non-electric [household]
RCD No. 002176917-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2013-02-12
non-electric coffee grinder
RCD No. 007366851-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2020-01-03
Facebook posts showing a Comandante coffee grinder and a grinder handle
Facebook posts by Timemore showing a coffee grinder
Facebook · disclosed 2019-11-18
Instagram post by 1Zpresso showing a coffee grinder
Instagram · disclosed 2020-07-31
Instagram posts by 1Zpresso showing a coffee grinder with a foldable hand crank
1Zpresso JX-Pro S Manual Coffee Grinder Silver
Amazon ASIN B0BJZZ51GY · amazon.de · disclosed 2022-10-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested grinder handle lacked novelty and individual character over earlier RCDs and online disclosures, and that its bulges should be disregarded as technically dictated.
- ›Holder argued the handle's curved form, oval bulges and rounded knob were deliberate aesthetic choices, not purely functional, and that the valid Taiwan priority date defeated later disclosures.
- ›The Division accepted the claimed priority of 2022-10-15, treated D1-D9 as properly disclosed, but found D10-D13 lacked reliable source evidence and D14 post-dated the priority date.
- ›Comparing the protected solid-line handle features, the Division found the rounded drop-shaped knob and cylindrical shaft element created a different overall impression from each accepted prior design, so invalidity was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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