Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-21
000115424
Contested design: 006588737-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 006588737-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 006588737-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Maximilian Janitzvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Blausteinsweg 19, 41472 Neuss, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Sandro Ullering
Germany (DE)
Magdalenenstraße 20, 45889 Gelsenkirchen, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
motorcycle phone holder / smartphone case sold as Ullermoto Supersportler size M
ASIN B079Q4B8HD · amazon.de · disclosed 2018-03-11
motorcycle phone holder offered on Amazon
ASIN B075HH3MF1 · amazon.de · disclosed 2017-09-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on Amazon-listed motorcycle phone holder disclosures D1 and D2 predating filing.
- ›Holder argued D1 was a later modified product, that earlier listings concerned a different design D3, and that the market was saturated.
- ›The Division found D1 sufficiently disclosed from 11/03/2018, rejected the rebuttal, and refused to treat D3 as part of the original prior-art case.
- ›D1 created the same overall impression as the contested design, so the application was upheld and the design invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- 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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