Invalidity · first instance · 2018-11-30
000011159
Contested design: 004245520-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application 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. 004245520-0003 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
Widmann S.r.l.
Italy (IT)
Viale dell'Industria 3/C, 20020 Busto Garolfo (MI), Italien
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
H2W Inc.
United States (US)
20630, Superior Street, Chatsworth 91311, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
parts of costume masks (glasses)
RCD No 002528265-0009 · EUIPO eSearch database · disclosed 2014-09-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested design was not a valid design under Article 3(a) and lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier RCD disclosure.
- ›Holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division found the older RCD had been validly disclosed and that only minor differences separated the designs, given broad designer freedom for costume glasses.
- ›The contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the application was upheld and the RCD declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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