Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-24
000106859
Contested design: 005940087-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 005940087-0001 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
FDS GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Neuer Höltigbaum 36, 22143 Hamburg, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yong Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
A3106, Building 8, Jiayu Haoyuan, No 698, Jihua Road, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
KUOKEL Airtrack Tumbing Mat Inflatable Gymnastics Air Track Flooring Mat with Electric Air Pump for Gym/Yoga/Training/Kids/Tumbling/Park/Home use
ASIN B07K9Y9DRS · Amazon UK website (amazon.co.uk) · disclosed 2018-11-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier disclosures of an inflatable gymnastics mat.
- ›The key cited evidence was an Amazon UK listing for the KUOKEL Airtrack mat, first available on 08/11/2018, before the RCD filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so it did not rebut disclosure or contest the comparison with the prior design.
- ›The Division found the Amazon disclosure proven under Article 7(1) CDR and held the contested design identical save for immaterial loop brackets.
- ›The application was upheld because the RCD lacked novelty under Article 5 CDR; the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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