Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-23
000114925
Contested design: 008050074-0001
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 0080500740001 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
Yongjun Chengvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No 73-1, Houshantou village, Fangyan Town, Yongkang, Zhejiang 321300, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Maria Iakovou Ioannidou
Holder · RCD owner
Pingdeng Deng
China (CN)
No. 50 Xiadeng Group, Meiyuan Village, Zuoba, Susong County, Anqing, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Push-up board multi-function support aid for men's abdominal muscle training and chest exercise
tmall.com · tmall.com · disclosed 2020-07-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity of the exercising-apparatus design, arguing that a push-up board disclosed on tmall.com before filing destroyed novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut the internet evidence of prior disclosure.
- ›The Division accepted the tmall.com screenshots and customer reviews as solid proof that the prior design was publicly available before 22 July 2020.
- ›It found the designs strikingly similar, with only minor differences in the central rectangular feature, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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| 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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