Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-27
000010875
Contested design: 001114805-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No. 001114805-0002 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 001114805-0002 wird für nichtig erklärt. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten der Antragstellerin, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Johannes Lucht GmbH & Co. KG
Germany (DE)
Oestinger Weg 2, 21745 Hemmoor, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Firma Videx Meyer-Lüters GmbH & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Auf den Höhen 14, 27211 Bassum, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
garden decorative object
German design No. 40701418-0002 · German Patent and Trade Mark Office database / Designblatt · disclosed 2007-08-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity because an identical earlier German design, No. 40701418-0002, had already been registered and published before the contested RCD filing date.
- ›It argued that the grace period under Article 7(2)(b) CDR had expired, so the contested design lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the DPMA database extract as sufficient proof of prior disclosure and found the compared designs identical apart from immaterial image differences, so the RCD was not new and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberStephan HANNE
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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