Invalidity · first instance · 2018-05-04
000010207
Contested design: 001058812-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design No 001058812-0002 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. 001058812-0002 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
Einrichtungshaus & Tischlerei Aster Gesellschaft m.b.H.
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)
TM2 Elegance / Thera-Med infrared cabin shown in health-magazine advertisements
Gesundes Kärnten 3/2007 and FORUM Gesundheit 3/2007 and 4/2007 · disclosed 2007-09-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the TM2 Elegance infrared cabin had been marketed, displayed and advertised before the contested design's priority date and was identical to the contested RCD.
- ›The holder invoked the Article 7(2) grace period, denied proven pre-priority disclosure, and claimed earlier marketed cabins were different national designs rather than the contested design.
- ›The Division accepted the magazine advertisements as concrete, objective proof that the earlier cabin design was publicly disclosed before 22 October 2007.
- ›Finding no visible differences beyond immaterial presentation details, the Division held the designs identical, found the contested RCD lacked novelty, and declared it invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAndré Gerd Günther BOSSE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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