Invalidity · first instance · 2024-09-19
000124316
Contested design: 015032275-0002
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 0150322750002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xiaozhi Yangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 14, Yangjia, Hexi Village, Tanxi Township, Lichuan County, 344600, Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Qin Zhuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
the second public collective household, No. 172, Zhaofeng Road, Baiyun District, 510430, Guangzhou, China
Represented by
Francesco Zofrea
Prior art cited (6)
Amazon.de listing for 'Standing punch bags - 180 cm' sold by JanTeel Direct-EU
ASIN B0BLYSZZV · Amazon.de · disclosed 2022-11-10
Amazon.de listing for 'Punching bag' with manufacturer UOIFIP
ASIN B0BTVNGXQN · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-02-04
Amazon.de listing for 'Punching bag' with brand JUOIFIP and manufacturer ZQXJXZ
ASIN B0C6KBXJR4 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-05-29
Amazon.de listing for 'Punching bag' / 'Punching sandbags' with manufacturer UOIFIP
ASIN B0C76ZKFML · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-06-06
Amazon.de listing for 'Punching bag' / 'Punching sandbags' with manufacturer UOIFIP
ASIN B0CDPMP967 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-08-04
Amazon.de listing for 'Standing Punch bag' with manufacturer JanTeelGO
ASIN B0CBS173PM · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-07-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested standing punch bag lacked novelty and individual character over earlier Amazon-disclosed punch bag designs, especially a listing first available on 10 November 2022.
- ›Holder claimed the design was internally developed earlier and that relevant disclosures fell within the Article 7(2) grace period through its own marketing, US design patent, and JOUFIP-branded Amazon sales.
- ›The Division accepted the 10 November 2022 Amazon.de listing as a public disclosure and found the holder had not proved that listing was its own self-disclosure covered by Article 7(2) CDR.
- ›Given broad design freedom, the contested design created the same overall impression as the earlier design; the application was upheld and the contested design invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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