Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-13
000130061
Contested design: 008516561-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0085165610002 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)
Sport-Tec Mini Bike exercising apparatus
ASIN B0758BCXYF · Amazon · disclosed 2017-08-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on Amazon listings and sales records showing the same mini bike marketed before the design filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, identity, or the evidentiary value of the submitted online retail printout.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as prior disclosure under Article 7 and found the prior product identical to the contested design except for immaterial bottom details.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked novelty, and the holder was ordered to bear the invalidity fee and representation costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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