Invalidity · first instance · 2025-04-16
000127615
Contested design: 015008176-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015008176-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Duwayl Concept GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Mohnweg 5, 47906 Kempen Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Huahanxing Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
4F, Bldg B, Tengmin S&T Park, Gonghe Industrial Road, Gongle Community, Xixiang St., Baoan Dist., Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000 China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Kiss Core Washing Machine/Dryer Connecting Frame
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B0BLZ2ZQZL · Amazon.de · disclosed 2022-11-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier washing-machine frame offered 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 listing as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found the informed user would receive the same overall impression from both designs.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, so the design was declared invalid and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberChiara BORACE
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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