Invalidity · first instance · 2018-11-26
000102179
Contested design: 003752492-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested RCD 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. 003752492-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten des Antragstellers, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
David Kipping
Germany (DE)
c/o Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner mbB Rechtsanwälte, Agrippinawerft 24, 50678 Köln, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Fun Promotion International B.V.
Netherlands (NL)
Bilderdijklaan 35, 3743 HR Baarn, Niederlande
Prior art cited (1)
Screenshots offering a product named "toroflux"
flowtoys.com / web.archive.org (Wayback Machine) · Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2014-10-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the design was entirely dictated by technical function and, in any event, lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier toroflux product disclosed online.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Wayback Machine screenshots from flowtoys.com as a reliable pre-filing disclosure available to the relevant circles in the EU.
- ›It found the compared designs identical apart from an insignificant optional clip, held the contested design not new, and declared it invalid without examining the remaining grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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