Invalidity · first instance · 2018-10-29
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Contested design: 001407712-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No. 001407712-0001 is declared invalid; the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 001407712-0001 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
Intercon Tierbedarf GmbH
Germany (DE)
Brahmkoppel 4, 24558 Henstedt-Ulzburg, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
PrimoPet GmbH
Germany (DE)
Georgenhäuser Straße 1, 64409 Messel, Deutschland
Represented by
Jens Rößner
Prior art cited (1)
cat scratching posts
402009004358-0011 · German Patent and Trade Mark Office database · disclosed 2009-12-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity because an earlier identical German design had been registered and published more than four years before the contested RCD filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the DPMA database extract as sufficient proof of disclosure of the earlier design under Article 7.
- ›It found the designs produced an almost identical overall impression on the informed user, so the contested RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberMartin LENZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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