Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-15
000124856
Contested design: 008835540-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008835540-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at 350 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Amacoa GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Bierstraße 8-9, 49074 Osnabrück, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Yiwu Songgang Sports Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Wanda plaza, A 1109, No.9 Xinke Road, Yiwu city, Zhejiang province China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
pull-up bar offer on Amazon
https://www.amazon.de/; ASIN B0797WRPDV · Amazon.de · disclosed 2018-01-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the pull-up bar design lacked novelty and individual character and was dictated by technical function because a similar product had been sold since January 2018.
- ›Applicant relied on Amazon evidence for D1, including a product printout, hyperlink, and ASIN showing availability from 23 January 2018.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as publicly disclosed and found the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user despite minor handle and stripe differences.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b), so the RCD was declared invalid and other pleaded grounds were not examined.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberBenjamin van BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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