Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-25
000129304
Contested design: 008678379-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested EU design is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered EU design No 008678379-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
80-20 Commerce GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Zirndorf, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Aprimonia Ltd.via PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Royal Walk XXL 137 cm Automatic Umbrella
https://www.amazon.de (ASIN B06WGN5X92) · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-02-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued both that the registered views did not show a single design under Article 3(1) and that an earlier Royal Walk umbrella disclosed on Amazon.de destroyed novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder said the views consistently showed a complex product with partial and magnified views, and it disputed the Amazon evidence by claiming the listing images had been updated later.
- ›The Division rejected the Article 3(1) challenge, accepted the Amazon listing as a pre-filing disclosure from 11/02/2017, and found the holder had not proven that the images were replaced during the grace period.
- ›It then held that the prior and contested umbrellas created the same overall impression despite minor colour and detail differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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