Invalidity · first instance · 2018-06-27
000010553
Contested design: 000529185-0005
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 000529185-0005 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
RVS S.R.L.
Italy (IT)
Via Per Salvatronda, 60 - Zona Ind.le, 31033 Castelfranco Veneto (TV), Italien
Represented by
Giulio Bonadio
Holder · RCD owner
Daimler AGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Mercedesstr. 137, 70327 Stuttgart, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (28)
wheel design
GGM 000090410-0003 · EUIPO Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2004-03-23
wheel design
GGM 000376546-0006 · EUIPO Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2005-09-06
wheel design
GGM 000422795-0006 · EUIPO Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2005-12-13
wheel design
GGM 000557558-0001 · EUIPO Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2006-08-16
wheel design
US D413851 · United States
wheel design
US D0451876 · United States
wheel design
US D0426184 · United States
wheel design
US D0428846 · United States
wheel design
USD0459689 · United States
wheel design
US D0486437 · United States
wheel design
US D0487418 · United States
wheel design
US D0486770 · United States
wheel design
US D0530258 · United States
wheel design
DE 49700241-001 · Germany
wheel design
DE 49811538-0001 · Germany
wheel design
DE 40105748-0001 · Germany
wheel design
DE 40106453-0001 · Germany
wheel design
DE 40108110-0001 · Germany
wheel design
DE 40202810-0001 · Germany
wheel design
DE 40111058-0001 · Germany
wheel design
DE 40202481-0001 · Germany
wheel design
DE 40202745 · Germany
wheel design
WO D057906-0001 · WIPO Hague System
wheel design
WO D057943-0001 · WIPO Hague System
wheel design
WO D059174-001 · WIPO Hague System
wheel design
WO D063504-040 · WIPO Hague System
wheel design
WO D066343-004 · WIPO Hague System
wheel design
IR 00045560-0001 · WIPO Hague System
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on 28 earlier wheel designs under Article 25(1)(b) with Articles 4 to 7 CDR.
- ›The holder argued that small differences matter in wheel design, the informed user's attention is high, and the cited designs create different overall impressions.
- ›The Division held that only D1 to D3 were proven disclosed before filing, D4 was published too late, and D5 to D28 lacked evidence of disclosure.
- ›It found none of D1 to D3 identical to or producing the same overall impression as the contested design, so the invalidity application was rejected.
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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