Invalidity · first instance · 2018-10-29
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Contested design: 001449714-0003
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; the contested Community design 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. 001449714-0003 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)
Kratzbäume für Katzen
Geschmacksmuster Nr. 402009004358-0011 · Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt database · disclosed 2009-12-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty or at least individual character based on earlier German design No. 402009004358-0011 for cat scratching trees.
- ›The applicant argued the earlier design had been published on 31 December 2009, more than six years before the contested design filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the DPMA database extract as sufficient disclosure evidence and found the earlier and contested designs created an almost identical overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberMartin LENZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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