Invalidity · first instance · 2018-05-08
000010573
Contested design: 002575290-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 002575290-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
H&H Sports Protection S.r.l.
Italy (IT)
Via Provinciale Lucchese N. 599/E, 51034 Serravalle Pistoiese (PT), Italy
Represented by
Luigi Goglia
Holder · RCD owner
100% Speedlab, LLC
United States (US)
205 16th Street, San Diego 92101, United States of America
Prior art cited (7)
goggles
RCD No 00759907-0002 · EUIPO database · disclosed 2007-07-31
sport goggles
US 2008/0189838 A1 · United States patent application publication · disclosed 2008-08-14
goggles
RCD No 001597428-0001 · EUIPO database · disclosed 2009-09-08
motocross goggles
Oakley Inc. motocross catalogue 2011 · Oakley Inc.
goggles
RCD No 002278416-0002 · EUIPO database · disclosed 2013-07-25
motocross goggles
Oakley Inc. motocross catalogue 2013 · Oakley Inc.
goggles
Bollè catalogue, Revel Atomic · Bollè
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCDs, a US patent publication, and catalogue disclosures, and argued some goggle features were technically constrained.
- ›The holder replied that its upper central prominence and nose profile created a different overall impression and that even modest differences mattered in a crowded goggles market.
- ›The Division accepted the cited prior art as disclosed but found the compared designs were not identical and that the contested design's freer features produced a clearly different overall impression.
- ›The invalidity grounds under Article 25(1)(b) CDR failed, so the application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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