Invalidity · first instance · 2018-05-04
000010185
Contested design: 001058812-0003
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested Registered Community design No. 001058812-0003 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 001058812-0003 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
Einrichtungshaus & Tischlerei Aster Gesellschaft m.b.H.via PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Mooslandl 20, 8921 Mooslandl, Österreich
Represented by
Mag. Thomas Riedler
Holder · RCD owner
Sabine Laher
Austria (AT)
Schulstr. 29, 3335 Weyer, Österreich
Prior art cited (1)
Thera-Med / TM7 Elegance infrared cabin design shown in health-magazine advertisements
Gesundes Kärnten 3/2007; FORUM Gesundheit 3/2007 · Gesundes Kärnten and FORUM Gesundheit magazines · disclosed 2007-09-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing that the same infrared cabin design had been marketed and published before the claimed priority date.
- ›The holder invoked the 12-month grace period, claimed authorship of the contested design, argued earlier marketed cabins were different national designs, and disputed proof of public disclosure before priority.
- ›The Division found the magazine advertisements proved public disclosure of the earlier cabin design before 22 October 2007 and treated the grace-period authorship dispute as irrelevant to the invalidity assessment.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom and the strong similarity in overall structure, proportions, glazing, wood elements, bench, heaters, and lighting, the contested design created no different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld in full, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAndré Gerd Günther BOSSE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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