Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-05
000125636
Contested design: 002625202-0008
Outcome
The invalidity application against registered EU design No 002625202-0008 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité à l’encontre du dessin ou modèle de l’UE enregistré nº 002625202-0008 est rejetée. 2. La demanderesse supporte les frais de la titulaire, fixés à 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Gianto S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Napoli, Italy
Holder · RCD owner
Decathlon SEvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Represented by
Prior art cited (6)
backpack
082010-0003 · INPI France · disclosed 2008-09-05
backpack
082010-0004 · INPI France · disclosed 2008-09-05
backpack
000962949-0001 · EUIPO design database · disclosed 2008-11-11
backpack
042606-001 · INPI France · disclosed 2005-02-11
Osprey Raptor 10 Men's Bike Hydration Backpack
ASIN B07GH97JXS · Amazon.com · disclosed 2014-04-09
Osprey Syncro 10 Hydration Pack
ASIN B00ASKOAGW · Amazon.com · disclosed 2012-01-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over six earlier backpack designs and online disclosures.
- ›The holder argued the contested backpack had distinctive visual features and created a clearly different overall impression from the cited prior art.
- ›The Division accepted D1 to D6 as properly disclosed prior art, including the Amazon listings, for the novelty and individual-character assessment.
- ›Given the creator's broad design freedom for backpacks, the Division found the contested design's overall impression clearly differed from each earlier design.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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