Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-11
000118278
Contested design: 008326821-0001
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 0083268210001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Anhui Jikedongshen Fitness Equipment Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
A5, phase II, Gongtou-Liheng Industrial Square, Taohua Industrial Park, Feixi County, Hefei City, Anhui Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xueyan Xingvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
101 Xingye Road, Xixiang, Bao’an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Marinos Cleanthous
Prior art cited (2)
exercise bar offered for sale on Amazon under ASIN B083428P8Z
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B083428P8Z/ · Amazon UK · disclosed 2019-08-14
exercise bar offered for sale on Amazon under ASIN B08QHG5ZMC
www.amazon.com/dp/B08QHG5ZMC · Amazon.com · disclosed 2019-08-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an exercise bar allegedly disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›It relied on Amazon UK and Amazon.com listings dated 14/08/2019 showing the same exercise bar and provided images with active hyperlinks.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the disclosure evidence and the applicant's comparison went undefended.
- ›The Division found the online evidence sufficient, held the prior and contested designs identical under Article 5, and declared the design invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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