Invalidity · first instance · 2018-07-31
000009878
Contested design: 000322557-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicants must pay the holders' costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 000322557-0001 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragsteller tragen die Kosten der Inhaber, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Andrzej Bakvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Biała 65, 87-100 Toruń, Polen
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Vitus Maria Huber
Germany (DE)
Baldurstr. 13, 80637 München, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Orthopädische Vorrichtung zur Korrektur von Zehenfehlstellungen
DE 203 12 159 U1 · Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt Patentblatt · disclosed 2003-11-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicants sought invalidity for inconsistent representations, lack of novelty and individual character over D1, and exclusion of technically dictated features.
- ›Holders argued the filing defect was cured, the images showed one product, D1 was only a technical utility-model disclosure, and the contested design remained novel and distinctive.
- ›The Division found the representation coherent, the component parts visible in normal use, and the alleged technical features not proven to be exclusively function-driven.
- ›Although D1 was sufficiently disclosed, its sketchy drawings did not permit a reliable design comparison, so the invalidity grounds failed.
Deciding panel
- MemberStephan HANNE
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
Decision files
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| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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