Invalidity · first instance · 2018-03-20
000010717
Contested design: 001435499-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the registered Community design No. 001435499-0002 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 001435499-0002 wird für nichtig erklärt. Der Inhaber trägt die Kosten der Antragstellerin, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Küberit Profile Systems GmbH & Co. KG
Germany (DE)
Römerweg 9, 58513 Lüdenscheid, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Georg Sondermann
Germany (DE)
Biggeseestr. 20a, 57489 Drolshagen, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Fußbodenschienen
Nr. 40200327-0002 · Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt Registerauszug · disclosed 2002-06-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that the contested floor-strip design lacked novelty and individual character, relying mainly on six earlier German design registrations, especially D2.
- ›The holder denied that the base profile was always invisible in use and argued that the contested design differed sufficiently from the earlier designs despite functional constraints.
- ›The Division found D2 had been disclosed before the filing date, rejected the claimed invisibility and purely technical exclusions for key features, and compared the visible designs as a whole.
- ›It held that the contested design created no different overall impression from D2, so it lacked individual character and had to be declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberStephan HANNE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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