Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-21
000115463
Contested design: 006588737-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is granted, Registered Community design No 006588737-0003 is declared invalid, and the holder is ordered to pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 006588737-0003 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)
Ullermoto motorcycle phone holder / smartphone bag, size M
ASIN B079Q4B8HD · amazon.de · disclosed 2018-03-11
older phone-holder design shown on amazon.de
ASIN B075HH3MF1 · amazon.de · disclosed 2017-09-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty or at least individual character, relying on Amazon disclosures D1 and D2 said to predate the contested design's filing date.
- ›Holder argued the relevant Amazon listing originally showed a different earlier model D3, so D1's appearance at the filing date was unproven, and also denied that D2 destroyed novelty or individual character.
- ›The Division held D3 inadmissible because it changed the subject matter, accepted the Amazon evidence as proving D1 was disclosed on 11 March 2018, and found the holder's rebuttal unsupported.
- ›Comparing the contested design with D1, the Division found no different overall impression on the informed user; the application was upheld and the holder ordered to bear EUR 750 in costs.
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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