Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-21
000118359
Contested design: 008306385-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008306385-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Personality Gym ABvia PDF extraction
Sweden (SE)
Bultvägen 5, 553 02 Jönköping, Sweden
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Hadley International Trading (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 1228, Building1, Sushangxindi plaza, 555 Zongguantang RD, Gusu district, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215000, China
Prior art cited (1)
dumbbell marketed as the world's smartest dumbbell
http://www.nuoathletics.com · Internet Archive / nuoathletics.com · disclosed 2016-10-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity because the contested dumbbell design lacked novelty or individual character over earlier dumbbell designs disclosed online before 2 December 2020.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted Internet Archive captures of nuoathletics.com from 29 October 2016 and 19 May 2019 as prior disclosure of the same dumbbell design.
- ›With at least average designer freedom, the shared shape, anchorage, discs and colour scheme outweighed minor handle and end-part differences.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character, so the application was upheld, the RCD was invalidated, and the holder was ordered to bear fixed costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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