Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-21
000116687
Contested design: 008465264-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 350.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008465264-0005 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
In-trading Handelsgesellschaft mbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Kurhausstr. 48, 23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
TOPINCN LLC
United States (US)
1201 Orange Street, Suit 600 Wilmington, New Castle, United States of America
Represented by
Dimitris Morides
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon.de listing for a rowing machine
ASIN B08MWMXHYB · amazon.de · disclosed 2020-11-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier rowing-machine disclosures predating the contested design filing.
- ›Holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de listing as prior disclosure and found the earlier and contested rowing-machine designs produced the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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