Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-21
000115501
Contested design: 006588737-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and 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. 006588737-0004 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 mobile phone holder / smartphone bag, size M
ASIN B079Q4B8HD · Amazon.de · disclosed 2018-03-11
older motorcycle mobile phone holder offered on Amazon.de
ASIN B075HH3MF1 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-09-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and, in any event, lack of individual character, relying mainly on Amazon disclosure D1 and also D2.
- ›The holder argued D1 had not been shown in the same form before the filing date, claimed an earlier product version D3 had been sold instead, and denied any invalidating effect from D2.
- ›The Invalidity Division held the Amazon evidence sufficiently proved D1 was publicly disclosed on 11 March 2018, and the holder failed to rebut that disclosure with coherent matching evidence.
- ›Comparing the disclosed features, the Division found no different overall impression for the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
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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