Invalidity · first instance · 2020-12-04
000111681
Contested design: 005817632-0001
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 0058176320001 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
ShaoQuan Luvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 130, Lucun Tun, Dongliang Village, Rongshui Town, Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Guang Xi 545300, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Shenzhouxing Outdoor Goods Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Rm. 605 6th Flr. C Build., Demingfa Industrial Zone, No. 26 Jiuwei 1st Rd., Xixiang Str., Bao'an Dist., Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
Resistance band set workout band
www.amazon.cn / ASIN B07 5WX 2W9N · Amazon.cn · disclosed 2018-05-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier resistance-band design disclosed online, including on Twitter and Amazon.
- ›Applicant relied in particular on an Amazon.cn extract for 'Resistance band set workout band' with ASIN B07 5WX 2W9N, shown as available from 28/05/2018 with pre-filing customer reviews.
- ›Holder filed no observations; the Division accepted the Amazon evidence as a prior public disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Given broad design freedom and the same flat, thin, continuous, plain-band appearance, the contested RCD created no different overall impression and lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit CESSY FILTENBORG
Decision files
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