Invalidity · first instance · 2025-09-04
000126580
Contested design: 003475052-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; EU design No 003475052-0003 is declared invalid and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene EU-Geschmacksmuster Nr. 003475052-0003 wird für nichtig erklärt. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
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 (2)
Amazon webpage showing the iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit / tool bag
https://www.amazon.com/ifixit-pro-tech-toolkit.electronics/dp/B01GF0KV6G (ASIN B01GF0KV6G) · Amazon · disclosed 2015-11-21
Additional screenshot of the same iFixit tool bag product
Screenshot of the same product as shown on 25/11/2015 · Amazon · disclosed 2015-11-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants argued that the contested tool bag lacked novelty and individual character over Amazon disclosures D1 and D2 and also raised a non-unity objection.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure, challenged the dating and reliability of the Amazon screenshots, invoked the Article 7(2) grace period, and denied any non-unity.
- ›The Division accepted D1 and D2 as internet disclosures available before the filing date and found the grace-period defence unproven.
- ›It held that the compared tool bags created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was invalidated, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberThorsten ICKENROTH
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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