Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-20
000121714
Contested design: 008761605-0001
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 0087616050001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Chengdu Hongwanran Trading Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.11-8, 3rd Floor, Building 1, No.1, Shawan Road, Jinniu District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Feixiang Wang
China (CN)
No. 10, Gaoxin South Fourth Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
GIEMIT Theraband exercise band product listing
ASIN B 09F 97P 2V5 · amazon.de · disclosed 2021-09-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested exercise-band design lacked novelty and individual character because an earlier GIEMIT Theraband design had been disclosed on amazon.de before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the disclosure evidence and comparison were uncontested.
- ›The Division found the amazon.de listing sufficiently proved public disclosure on 2021-09-02 and treated the additional enlarged image as showing the same prior design.
- ›Given average designer freedom and the very similar flat, thin, plain overall shapes, the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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