Invalidity · first instance · 2018-11-06
000011046
Contested design: 004045631-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 004045631-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
The House of Art GmbH
Germany (DE)
Dingdener Straße 199, 46395 Bocholt, Germany
Represented by
André Nienhaus
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Nuoyuekeer Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Longhua Street, Longhua New District, Shenzhen (Guangdong) 362300, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
opener get-up or trade dress with advertising panel
German design registration No 402016101000-0009 · German Patent and Trade Mark Office design database · disclosed 2017-01-05
opener get-up or trade dress with advertising panel
German design registration No 402016101000-0010 · German Patent and Trade Mark Office design database · disclosed 2017-01-05
opener get-up or trade dress with advertising panel
German design registration No 402016101000-0011 · German Patent and Trade Mark Office design database · disclosed 2017-01-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(d) CDR, arguing the contested bottle-opener design was identical to three earlier German national design registrations.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the earlier rights existed but found Article 25(1)(d) was not met because those designs had been published before, not after, the contested RCD filing date.
- ›The earlier registered designs also created a different overall impression because they covered an opener with an advertising panel rather than the opener alone.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's fixed representation costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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