Invalidity · first instance · 2025-05-08
000127576
Contested design: 015065274-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0150652740001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Guanying Mavia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Minle Town, Huayuan County, Hunan Province, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Xiaofei Haovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Tuban Town, Lin County, Shanxi Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
foldable Pilates equipment
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B 0D2 VWC GJQ · Amazon.de · disclosed 2024-04-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on an Amazon disclosure of foldable Pilates equipment published before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, the informed user, or the comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR and found at least average designer freedom for gymnasium equipment.
- ›It held that the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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