Invalidity · first instance · 2018-08-23
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Contested design: 003312131-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay 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 003312131-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Scrooser GmbH & Co. KG
Germany (DE)
Haus Cumberland, Kurfürstendamm 194, 10707 Berlin, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Zhejiang Woqu Niuniu Technologies Co., LTDvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
ROOM 803, C3 BUILDING, NO.81 Zhonghui Rd, Louqiao Industrial Zone, Ouhai Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
José Izquierdo Faces
Prior art cited (1)
scooter
RCD No 002124941-0001 · EUIPO Office bulletin · disclosed 2012-10-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 002124941-0001.
- ›Holder argued that visible differences in the seat, lamp, brakes and other details changed the overall impression and that the sector was crowded.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been validly disclosed, rejected the novelty ground, but held that the shared chopper-like scooter features dominated the overall impression.
- ›Because the differences were less striking than the common arbitrary features, the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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