Invalidity · first instance · 2025-08-18
000126623
Contested design: 004660397-0004
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld and EU design No. 004660397-0004 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene EU-Geschmacksmuster Nr. 004660397-0004 wird für nichtig erklärt.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
kwb Germany GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Stuhr, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
bit driver shown in the iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit listing
ASIN B01GF0KV6G · amazon.com · disclosed 2015-11-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on D1, an Amazon disclosure of the holder's own bit driver from 21 November 2015.
- ›The holder argued the 2024 Amazon screenshot did not prove the product's 2015 appearance, invoked the grace period, and filed declarations, forum evidence, and a 2017 Wayback screenshot.
- ›The Division held D1 was sufficiently disclosed on amazon.com before 10 January 2018 and that the holder's evidence did not rebut disclosure or bring it within Article 7(2).
- ›It found the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user despite minor colour and finish differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberThorsten ICKENROTH
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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