Invalidity · first instance · 2019-02-21
000103159
Contested design: 004510675-0023
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay 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 00451067500023. 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
Hager Electro SASvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
132 boulevard d’Europe, 67210 Obernai, Francia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Schneider Electric España, S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Bac de Roda, 52, Edificio A, 08019 Barcelona, España
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
conmutadores en posición de apagado o encendido
DM/093 053, dibujo n.º 4 · Boletín de Dibujos y Modelos Internacionales (OMPI) · disclosed 2016-11-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier international design published before the contested RCD filing date.
- ›The applicant relied on international design DM/093 053 design No 4 for electrical switches; the holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the earlier design had been validly disclosed through WIPO publication and could be compared after disregarding the switch element.
- ›It held the contested RCD identical to the earlier design, with only an insignificant tonal variation, so the RCD was not new under Article 5.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and costs of EUR 750 were awarded against the holder.
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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