Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-03
000011131
Contested design: 002755140-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 002755140-0001 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
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)
Volvo 'Pegasus' five-spoke car wheel rim
Turbobricks Forums; Volvospeed Forums; The Audi TT Forum; ipdusa.com; vrcf.fi · disclosed 2005-07-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity of the wheel-rim design for lack of novelty and individual character over the earlier disclosed Volvo 'Pegasus' wheel rim.
- ›To prove disclosure, the applicant filed several pre-filing internet forum and website extracts showing the same five-spoke Pegasus wheel rim; the holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the dated specialist-forum and website extracts sufficient solid and objective evidence that the Pegasus wheel rim had been made available to the public in the EU before the RCD filing date under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Comparing the designs, it held that the only difference was the prior design's letter 'R' on one spoke, an immaterial detail, so the contested RCD lacked novelty and had to be declared invalid.
- ›The application was upheld and the holder was ordered to bear EUR 750 in costs.
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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