Invalidity · first instance · 2018-04-05
000010311
Contested design: 003110733-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. Il disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 003110733-0001 è dichiarato nullo. La titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dal richiedente, fissate in 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Federal Signal Vama S.A.
Spain (ES)
Dr. Ferran 7, 08339 Vilassar de Dalt, Barcellona, Spagna
Represented by
Javier Ungria Lopez
Holder · RCD owner
Intav S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Quarto Negroni, 61, 00040 Ariccia (RM), Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
signal lights for vehicles
RCD No 000954482-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2008-07-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and, in the alternative, lack of individual character over earlier RCD D1 for vehicle signal lights.
- ›The holder argued key shared features were dictated solely by technical function and pointed to speaker housings, side inserts, and an allegedly crowded sector.
- ›The Division found D1 was properly disclosed and held the foldable panel and recess were not excluded technical features under Article 8(1).
- ›Novelty failed because the differences were not irrelevant, but the design still lacked individual character since those differences did not change the overall impression from D1.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberPierluigi M. VILLANI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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