Invalidity · first instance · 2025-05-12
000126171
Contested design: 015061085-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015061085-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Bernd Braunevia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Unterhaching, Germany
Represented by
Georgios Karakatsanis
Holder · RCD owner
Defan Chenvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Rottenburg, Germany
Prior art cited (1)
non-electric coffee grinder
https://www.amazon.de (ASIN B 0C8 18N P7Z) · Amazon · disclosed 2023-06-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested manual coffee grinder lacks individual character over an earlier Amazon-disclosed grinder made available on 14/06/2023.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure evidence under Article 7(1) EUDR.
- ›Given broad design freedom and the strong similarity in shape, proportions, surface treatment, colours and crank form, the designs created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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