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., Ltd
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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