Invalidity · first instance · 2018-04-19
000010293
Contested design: 001615824-0008
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
La demande en nullité à l'encontre du dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 001615824-0008 est rejetée. La demanderesse supporte les frais exposés par la titulaire, fixés à 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
HOLZWERKE LADENBURGER GMBH & CO. KG
Germany (DE)
Freie Flur 3 / Am Bahnhof, 04643 Geithain, Allemagne
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
SIMONINvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Rue des Epinottes, 25500 Montlebon, France
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
Umweltbundesamt building facade in Dessau
www.sauerbruchhutton.de · Sauerbruch Hutton website
Kindertagesstätte facade in Dresde
www.noack-architektur.de/projekte/oeffentb/01%20friedrichstr./10.htm · Noack Architektur website
Kindertagesstätte facade in Cossebaude
www.noack-architektur.de/projekte/oeffentb/03%20Cossebaude/03.htm · Noack Architektur website
Landtag Sachsen wooden slat panel
https://www.landtag.sachsen.de/de/landtag/landtagsgebaeude/projekt-landtag-216.cshtml · Landtag Sachsen website
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the registered views were inconsistent and that earlier building facades with parallel wooden slats destroyed novelty and individual character.
- ›Holder argued the application was still too close to an earlier failed nullity action, the registered views were coherent, and the submitted facade photos were too unclear to prove the alleged prior designs.
- ›The Division found the action admissible, accepted some web-based facade disclosures, but considered the earlier structures indistinct or materially different from the registered panel arrangement.
- ›The prior designs did not create the same overall impression, so the invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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