Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-11
000118597
Contested design: 008326821-0002
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 0083268210002 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 (1)
resistance band exercising apparatus
CN 206792893 U · Chinese utility model publication · disclosed 2017-12-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested exercise-band design lacked novelty and individual character in light of earlier disclosed designs.
- ›The applicant relied, among other evidence, on Chinese utility model CN 206792893 U, published on 26 December 2017 as Enclosure 3.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the prior utility model was disclosed before the filing date and created the same overall impression despite minor handle-grip differences.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
Decision files
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