Invalidity · first instance · 2022-06-09
000115762
Contested design: 006570974-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006570974-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Concept2, Inc.via PDF extraction
United States (US)
105 Industrial Park Drive, Morrisville, Vermont 05661, United States of America
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yin-Hsuan Leevia PDF extraction
Taiwan (TW)
No.61, Meizhou 2nd Rd., Yilan City, Yilan County 260, Taiwan
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
Concept2 'SkiErg' indoor Nordic skiing exercise machine
www.concept2.com · Internet Archive / concept2.com · disclosed 2015-09-30
Concept2 'SkiErg' indoor Nordic skiing exercise machine
Instagram · applicant Instagram account · disclosed 2018-05-25
Concept2 'SkiErg' indoor Nordic skiing exercise machine
YouTube · third-party YouTube channels · disclosed 2015-04-02
Concept2 'SkiErg' indoor Nordic skiing exercise machine
YouTube · third-party YouTube channels · disclosed 2017-03-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for defective representation, bad-faith copying, and lack of novelty and individual character over its earlier SkiErg machine disclosed before the contested filing date.
- ›The holder argued the informed user was highly attentive, technical constraints limited design freedom, and the identified differences were enough to preserve novelty and individual character.
- ›The Division rejected the Article 25(1)(a) representation attack, accepted the earlier SkiErg as publicly disclosed online before filing, and found sufficient designer freedom for indoor Nordic skiing exercise machines.
- ›It held that the shared V-shaped structure, wheel placement, front grill, grips, and standing base dominated minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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