Invalidity · first instance · 2025-08-28
000126577
Contested design: 004075067-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; EU design No 004075067-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragenes EU-Geschmacksmuster Nr. 004075067-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Einhell Accessories GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Stuhr, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon listing for the iFixit Pro Tech toolkit showing the contested bit holder
ASIN B01GF0KV6G · amazon.com · disclosed 2015-11-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on Amazon screenshots of the iFixit Pro Tech toolkit first available on 21 November 2015.
- ›The holder argued the 2024 Amazon screenshots did not prove the product looked the same in 2015 and invoked the 12-month grace period.
- ›The Division found D1 was publicly disclosed well before 29 June 2017 and the holder's affidavits, forum post, and Wayback Machine evidence did not rebut that disclosure.
- ›Comparing the visible features, the Division held the contested bit holder created the same overall impression as D1 for the informed user.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld in full, the design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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