Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2025-01-16
R0797/2024-3
Contested design: 008720353-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Die Beschwerde wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten des Antragstellers im Nichtigkeits- und Beschwerdeverfahren.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Paweł Radzik Inmanivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Tadeusza Kościuszki 36, 38-300 Gorlice, Polen
Holder · RCD owner
Trenkle & Trenkle GbRvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Unterriedweg 3, 87459 Pfronten, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (5)
Screenshots showing Parallettes / small gymnastics bars
wksklep.pl; Instagram @wkslep · wksklep.pl and Instagram · disclosed 2021-05-12
Screenshots with customer reviews and images of Parallettes / small gymnastics bars
allegro.pl · allegro.pl
Screenshots with customer reviews and images of Parallettes / small gymnastics bars
allegro.pl · allegro.pl
Amazon product offer and customer reviews for wooden mini parallettes
amazon.pl ASIN listing for "RAMASS Fitness Push Up Bars, Wooden Mini Parallettes, Gymnastic Bars, Calisthenics" · amazon.pl · disclosed 2021-04-22
Screenshot showing Parallettes / small gymnastics bars
allegro.pl · allegro.pl
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The holder appealed, arguing designer freedom for parallettes was limited and the contested design created a more compact overall impression than the cited earlier design.
- ›The invalidity applicant supported the contested decision, saying the differences were barely perceptible and insufficient to produce a different overall impression.
- ›The Board held Annexes 8-9 sufficiently proved prior disclosure on Amazon before the filing date and found no evidence that technical or safety constraints materially restricted designer freedom.
- ›Comparing the designs individually, the Board found the shared trapezoidal supports and bar arrangement dominated; the shorter, thicker bar and rounded lower corners only made the contested design a variant of the earlier design.
- ›The appeal was dismissed, the invalidity of RCD No 8 720 353-0001 was confirmed, and the holder was ordered to pay the applicant's costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys Bacon
- RapporteurE. Fink
- MemberA. Pohlmann
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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