Invalidity · first instance · 2018-04-30
000010420
Contested design: 000607155-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design 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. 000607155-0004 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)
motor scooter
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 scooter.
- ›The holder argued the case was inadmissible due to res judicata and disputed disclosure, accessibility, evidential consistency, and claimed authorship issues.
- ›The Division rejected res judicata, accepted the Chinese registration as publicly disclosed on 2006-10-11, and found EU sector circles could reasonably have known it.
- ›Comparing the scooter views, the Division found the same overall impression on the informed user despite minor differences, so the RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated.
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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