Invalidity · first instance · 2018-06-12
000010787
Contested design: 001289243-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 001289243-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Scheppach Fabrikation von Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen GmbH
Germany (DE)
Günzburger Str. 69, 89335 Ichenhausen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Bergslagernas Järnvaruaktiebolagvia PDF extraction
Sweden (SE)
Tomasvägen 12, 132 39 Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
wood-splitting tool
Norwegian design registration No 64 574 · Norwegian design register
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over an earlier Norwegian wood-splitting tool design disclosed through national registration.
- ›The holder argued the designer had freedom in the technical features and that differences in shape, position, fixing method and safety ring changed the overall impression.
- ›The Division found the earlier Norwegian design had been validly disclosed and that designer freedom was not so constrained as to make the identified differences decisive.
- ›It concluded the contested RCD created the same overall impression on the informed user, lacked individual character, and had to be declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELISOVA
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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