Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-16
000116910
Contested design: 008551295-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 350.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0085512950001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ze Yanvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Friedrichstr. 123, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Yan Bai
China (CN)
No. 7, Tanxi Third Alley, Tanxin Street, Zanhuang Town, Zanhuang County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Maria Pastor Palomares
Prior art cited (1)
Allasfun Barbell Curling Barbell Weight Exercise Home Fitness Exercise Equipment
ASIN B08 MFD QBYZ; https://www.amazon.com · Amazon.com · disclosed 2020-11-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested exercise bar design lacked novelty over earlier product images, especially Annex 4 showing the same bar configuration.
- ›The applicant relied on an Amazon.com listing for the Allasfun barbell product, first available on 2 November 2020, before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the novelty challenge went undefended.
- ›The Division found the Amazon listing sufficiently proved prior disclosure under Article 7(1) and that any stopper-thickness difference was immaterial.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of novelty, and costs of EUR 350 were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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