Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-02
000128135
Contested design: 008313159-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 008313159-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
GreatStartools Germany GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Bergneustadt, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Yiwu ThousandShores E-Commerce Co.,Ltd
China (CN)
YiWu City, ZheJiang Province, China
Represented by
Joanna Dargiewicz
Prior art cited (2)
kneeling pad
https://www.harborfreight.com/foam-kneeling-pad-56572.html · harborfreight.com
review of the kneeling pad product
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=364Z6CuTu5s · YouTube
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested design lacked novelty and individual character because the same design had already been marketed before the filing date.
- ›To prove disclosure, the applicant relied on Harbor Freight webpage captures and a YouTube link and screenshot; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division held that the internet evidence was insufficient because the screenshots were partial, did not adequately show source and publication details, and one item did not even show the product.
- ›Because disclosure of a prior design was not proven under Article 7(1), the invalidity application failed under Articles 5(1)(b) and 6(1)(b) and was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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