Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-16
000128797
Contested design: 009050289-0037
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the registered EU design No 009050289-0037 is declared invalid, and the holder is ordered to pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el diseño de la UE registrado n.º 009050289-0037. 3. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas de la solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Heldenwerk GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Merzig, Alemania
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Equipmotor Locomotion Directvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Carlet, España
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon listing for a wheel clamp / wheel immobilizer product ("Turnart Radkralle Reifenkralle, Universal Radschloss, Parkkralle Diebstahlsicherung…")
ASIN B 08Y YY1 LDF · Amazon.de · disclosed 2021-04-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and lack of individual character, relying on an earlier Amazon-disclosed wheel immobilizer offered from 8 April 2021.
- ›The holder was invited to file observations but did not respond, so the application was undefended on the merits.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure evidence under Article 7 because it showed the product, source, ASIN, and pre-filing availability date.
- ›The Division found the informed user would receive the same overall impression from both wheel-clamp designs, with only minor differences and broad designer freedom.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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