Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-17
000117078
Contested design: 008314520-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0083145200001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhihua Chengvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 114, Chengjiabu Village, Legang Town, Leping City, Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Meifen Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 401, Jindongli Technology Park, No.278-1, Dabutou Village, Songyuanxia Community, Guanhu Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (2)
Joyhoop Adjustable Pull-Up Bar Door Bar
Amazon ASIN B08 PV6 1WHR · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-12-07
Chin up Bar Doorway Pull Up Bar
Amazon ASIN B08 72H 89G5 · Amazon.com · disclosed 2020-05-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier Amazon product disclosures of similar pull-up bars before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de listing for the Joyhoop pull-up bar as a prior public disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found the designs produced the same overall impression; color and minor visible differences did not overcome the strong similarity in shape and configuration.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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