Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-28
000124420
Contested design: 008725279-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 008725279-0001 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. 008725279-0001 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
Josali Products GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Agnes-Bernauer-Str. 151, 80687 München, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangzhou Shuohao Technology Co. Ltd
China (CN)
Room 183, Room 137-141, No. 401, Tianyuan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510510, China
Represented by
Jörg Brettschneider
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon listing for an anatomical pillow marketed as 'Dulexo Sex Lumbar Cussion / Pillow with Triangle, Foldable, Without hole, Sex Toy for Couples'
ASIN B077Y2DCV6 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2021-10-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on Amazon product D1 disclosed before the contested design's filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as a prior disclosure under Article 7 and found the compared wedge-shaped anatomical pillows created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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