Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-23
000106759
Contested design: 004558435-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 004558435-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jökel of Sweden
Sweden (SE)
Gesällvägen 4, 24535 Staffanstorp, Sweden
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ningbo Muyisen Outdoor Product Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 1105-3, Taihui Road 99#, Shounan Yinzhou District, Ningbo 315199, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Robens Vapour 60 Sleeping Mat
ASIN B0176OPVH4 · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2016-01-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and at least individual character over earlier market disclosures.
- ›Applicant relied in particular on an Amazon.co.uk listing for the Robens Vapour 60 Sleeping Mat, first available on 2016-01-06.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon disclosure under Article 7 and found the shared shape and distinctive stitched diamond pattern created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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