Invalidity · first instance · 2019-02-19
000103202
Contested design: 004030146-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No. 004030146-0004 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 004030146-0004 wird für nichtig erklärt. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten der Antragstellerin, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Out of the blue KG
Germany (DE)
Beim neuen Damm 28, 28865 Lilienthal, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Trendhaus Handelsgesellschaft mbH
Germany (DE)
Mühlweg 15, 92369 Sengenthal, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon listing for a "5-Pack of Stretchy String Fidget / Sensory Toys" showing flexible stretchy plastic strings
B01LBSZQ3U · amazon.com · disclosed 2016-12-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, and also argued the design's features were solely technically dictated.
- ›It relied on Amazon screenshots of stretchy string toys disclosed before 2 June 2017; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as a prior public web disclosure from 12 December 2016 and found the compared designs identical apart from immaterial details.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested RCD was declared invalid for lack of novelty; no separate assessment under Articles 6 or 8 was needed.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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