Invalidity · first instance · 2024-02-13
000121321
Contested design: 008720353-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No 008720353-0001 is declared invalid; the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 008720353-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Paweł Radzik Inmanivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Tadeusza Kościuszki 36, 38-300 Gorlice, Polen
Holder · RCD owner
Trenkle & Trenkle GbR
Germany (DE)
Unterriedweg 3, 87459 Pfronten, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
RAMASS Fitness Push Up Bars, Wooden Mini Parallettes, Gymnastic Bars, Calisthenics
ASIN B07SYQDM7F · amazon.pl · disclosed 2021-04-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on Amazon.pl listing D1 for RAMASS mini parallettes available since 22/04/2021.
- ›Holder argued the design had individual character, designer freedom was limited for such sports equipment, and the Amazon evidence did not prove the product's earlier appearance.
- ›The Division found the Amazon.pl page sufficiently proved public disclosure of D1 before 07/10/2021, and the holder did not rebut that disclosure with concrete evidence.
- ›Because the two parallettes shared nearly identical overall form and proportions, the contested design created no different overall impression and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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