Invalidity · first instance · 2018-04-30
000010419
Contested design: 000607155-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design No 000607155-0002 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. 000607155-0002 wird für nichtig erklärt. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten der Antragstellerin, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Asian Gear B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Conservenweg 30, 2371 DT Roelofarendsveen, die Niederlande
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Multimox Holdingvia PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Mariastraat 62, 5121JW Rijen, die Niederlande
Represented by
Kai Kohlmann
Prior art cited (1)
Chinese design registration for a motor scooter in Locarno class 12-11
CN3568787 · State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China · disclosed 2006-10-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier Chinese design CN3568787 for a motor scooter.
- ›The holder argued the application was inadmissible for res judicata and said the Chinese design was not properly proven or publicly disclosed before filing.
- ›The Division found no res judicata, accepted the Chinese registration certificate and database extract as proof of disclosure on 11 October 2006, and rejected the holder's ownership objections.
- ›Comparing the protected side views, the Division found the scooters created the same overall impression on the informed user despite minor visual differences.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), so the application was upheld and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberStephan HANNE
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAndré Gerd Günther BOSSE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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