Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-11
000125988
Contested design: 015059678-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application against registered EU design No 015059678-0001 is rejected.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 015059678-0001 is rejected.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Gibsor OHGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Ludwigsfelde, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Aleksandra Maciągowska - Flexistylevia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Straszyn, Poland
Represented by
Bartłomiej Henryk Tomaszewski
Prior art cited (2)
wall clock 'Candler Berlin MNU 2760 P XXL Wall Clock…'
ASIN B 0CJ 2VF GJT · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-09-14
wall clock 'Candler Berlin MNU 2660 P XXL Wall Clock…'
ASIN B 0D1 Y6P CHR · Amazon.de · disclosed 2024-04-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant alleged lack of novelty based on two earlier Amazon wall-clock offers disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued authorship and relied on the 12-month grace period, saying its own earlier Amazon sales should neutralise the cited disclosures.
- ›The Division accepted both Amazon offers as prior disclosures but found neither design identical to the contested design because several visible differences were not immaterial.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's fixed costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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