Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-03
000011129
Contested design: 003001676-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 003001676-0002 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 003001676-0002 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
Volvo Trademark Holding AB
Sweden (SE)
c/o AB Volvo, 405 08 Göteborg, Sweden
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Paalupaikka Oy
Finland (FI)
Kivirannantie 9, PL 19, 74101 Iisalmi, Finland
Prior art cited (1)
Gemini car wheel rim
Volvo Katalogen Nr 10, 1990 · Volvo Katalogen
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over the earlier disclosed Gemini wheel-rim design shown in Volvo catalogue evidence.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the invalidity arguments undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Swedish print catalogue as sufficient proof of prior disclosure before the filing date under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found the shared spoke, hub, and rim features dominated minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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