Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-10
000130042
Contested design: 008516561-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 720.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0085165610001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Qinghua Gaovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yongkang, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Herro Resource & Solutions B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Prior art cited (1)
Ultrasport Mini Bike exercising apparatus
ASIN B002U0KB7U · Amazon.es · disclosed 2012-03-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on an Amazon.es listing for the Ultrasport Mini Bike first available on 25 March 2012.
- ›The applicant argued the prior product and the contested design showed no discernible differences in shape, proportions, or ornamentation.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the Amazon disclosure sufficient under Article 7 EUDR and the designs identical apart from immaterial bottom-view details, so the design lacked novelty.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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