Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-21
000115425
Contested design: 006588737-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No. 006588737-0002 is declared invalid; the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 006588737-0002 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Der Inhaber trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
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)
Amazon listing for an Ullermoto motorcycle smartphone holder/pouch
ASIN B079Q4B8HD · amazon.de · disclosed 2018-03-11
Amazon listing for another motorcycle phone holder
ASIN B075HH3MF1 · amazon.de · disclosed 2017-09-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and, at least, lack of individual character, relying mainly on Amazon disclosure D1 and also D2.
- ›The holder argued D1's appearance had changed after the relevant date, invoked a different earlier product version, and denied that D1 or D2 destroyed novelty or individual character.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the applicant proved D1 was publicly available on amazon.de from 11 March 2018 and the holder's evidence did not rebut that disclosure.
- ›Comparing the contested design with D1, the Division found no different overall impression on the informed user, so the contested RCD lacked individual character and was 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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