Invalidity · first instance · 2018-12-11
000011062
Contested design: 002632521-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No 0026325210001 is declared invalid; the holder is ordered to bear the applicant's costs, fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado nº 0026325210001. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Reisenthel Accessoires GmbH &CoKGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Zeppelinstrasse 4, 82205 Gilching, Alemania
Holder · RCD owner
Rolser S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Polígono Industrial Les Galgues, s/n, 03750 Pedreguer (Alicante), España
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
manual trolleys; wheel of the earlier design relied on in the comparison
RCD No 001258131-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2011-02-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 001258131-0001 and other earlier designs.
- ›The holder argued the informed user would notice different spoke support, an additional rim, and functional constraints affecting wheel design.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD, rejected the novelty ground, but found broad design freedom and no different overall impression for individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) with Article 6, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberÁlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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