Invalidity · first instance · 2021-04-19
000111402
Contested design: 006989315-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design No 006989315-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 006989315-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten der Antragstellerin, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Amazon EU S.à r.l.via PDF extraction
LU
38 avenue John F. Kennedy, 1855 Luxembourg, Luxemburg
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Anji Funuo Furniture Co. Ltd
China (CN)
Building 2, Chengnan Community, Lingfeng Subdistrict Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province 313300, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Prior art cited (6)
AeroCool act120rgb gaming chair
ASIN B077FXRZQX; https://www.amazon.de/AeroCool-Beleuchtung-Fernbedienung-gepolsterte-Lendenkissen/dp/B077FXRZQX/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%B · amazon.de · disclosed 2017-11-14
ThunderX3 RCDHEX gaming chair
disclosed 2018-03-20
AIM professioneller Gaming-Stuhl
disclosed 2018-07-14
AeroCool AC220 AIR RGB-B Gaming Chair Blakc Multi Plattform
disclosed 2018-12-21
GAME Racing ELITE RGB GT400
disclosed 2019-10-07
GEAR4U Iluminated med RGB
disclosed 2019-09-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier disclosed gaming-chair designs, especially D1 sold via amazon.de before filing.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as disclosed before the filing date and found only limited functional constraints, leaving broad design freedom for gaming chairs.
- ›Because the contested design created nearly the same overall impression as D1, it lacked individual character and was declared invalid; the remaining prior designs were not examined.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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