Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-10
000114301
Contested design: 006577110-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006577110-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Concept2, Inc.via PDF extraction
United States (US)
105 Industrial Park Drive, Morrisville, Vermont 05661, United States of America
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yin-Hsuan Leevia PDF extraction
Taiwan (TW)
No. 61, Meizhou 2nd Rd., Yilan City, Yilan County 260, Taiwan (ROC)
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Concept2 Model D indoor rowing machine, grey variant
http://www.concept2.com (Wayback Machine) · Wayback Machine Internet Archive · disclosed 2014-07-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested rowing machine lacked individual character because it reproduced the overall appearance of its widely marketed Model D machine.
- ›The holder said informed users would notice differences in the wheel cover, pedals, seat, and other details, and that technical constraints limited the designer’s freedom.
- ›The Division accepted prior disclosure of the grey Model D, found the informed user highly attentive but the designer still had ample freedom, and treated the cited differences as minor details.
- ›It held the two machines created the same overall impression, upheld the application for lack of individual character, and ordered the holder to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- 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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