Invalidity · first instance · 2018-12-12
000102239
Contested design: 003522119-0001
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
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 003522119-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Beurer GmbH
Germany (DE)
Söflinger Str. 218, 89077 Ulm, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
iLogoTech GmbH
Germany (DE)
Hohenfelder Straße 22, 22087 Hamburg, Germany
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
mirrors with lighting and electrical charges
Community design registration No 002969725-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-02-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier Community design for illuminated chargeable mirrors.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division found the earlier design had been validly disclosed and that novelty survived because lid differences were not immaterial.
- ›It held the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character and had to be invalidated.
- ›The application was upheld in full and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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