Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-28
000126657
Contested design: 004075067-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the registered EU design No. 004075067-0002 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 eingetragenes EU-Geschmacksmuster Nr. 004075067-0002 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)
iFixit Pro Tech toolkit showing the earlier bit holder design
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 D1 showing the same bit holder offered under ASIN B01GF0KV6G before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the 2024 Amazon screenshots did not prove the product's 2015 appearance, said the product had changed over time, and invoked the Article 7(2) grace period for any self-disclosure.
- ›The Division found the Amazon evidence sufficient to prove disclosure by 21/11/2015, held the holder's declarations and other materials did not rebut that disclosure, and found the date lay outside the grace period.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found the informed user would receive no different overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberThorsten ICKENROTH
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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