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 GmbH
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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