Invalidity · first instance · 2025-09-05
000129115
Contested design: 015062869-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, registered EU design No 015062869-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene EU-Geschmacksmuster Nr. 015062869-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Der Inhaber trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Wish Maker Media Damian Ornafvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Pabianice, Polen
Represented by
Marek Wiński
Holder · RCD owner
Lorenz Engel
Germany (DE)
Augsburg, Deutschland
Represented by
Robert Meyen
Prior art cited (1)
straitjacket
https://www.etsy.com/shop/StraitJacketShop · fetlife.com · disclosed 2016-09-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested EU design for a straitjacket lacked individual character because identical or effectively identical designs had already been disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied in particular on screenshots from fetlife.com showing D1 in posts dated 13 September 2016, with links to the applicant's Etsy shop.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so there was no rebuttal on disclosure or on the comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as an internet disclosure, found only minor colour and strap-position differences, and held that the contested design created the same overall impression and lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- 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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