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Contested design 006588737-0004

Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-21

000115501

Contested design: 006588737-0004

CDR

Outcome

Invalidated (total)

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

Holder · RCD owner

Sandro Ullering

Germany (DE)

Magdalenenstraße 20, 45889 Gelsenkirchen, Deutschland

Prior art cited (2)

Web disclosureD1

Ullermoto motorcycle mobile phone holder / smartphone bag, size M

ASIN B079Q4B8HD · Amazon.de · disclosed 2018-03-11

Web disclosureD2

older motorcycle mobile phone holder offered on Amazon.de

ASIN B075HH3MF1 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-09-11

Legal grounds invoked

Article 25(1)(b)Article 4(1)Article 6(1)(b)Article 7(1)Article 7(2)

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

LanguageTypeSource link
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Locarno classes

03.01

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