Invalidity · first instance · 2019-03-06
000104679
Contested design: 005817228-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 0058172280001 wird für nichtig erklärt. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten der Antragstellerin, die auf 350 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Osang Beteiligungs GmbH
Austria (AT)
Am Neuner 45, 6890 Lustenau, Österreich
Holder · RCD owner
Lothar Collini
Austria (AT)
Tschütsch 68, 6833 Klaus, Österreich
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Weinregale
Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 001379002-0002 · Blatt für Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster · disclosed 2013-08-22
Weinregale
Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 001379002-0004 · Blatt für Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster · disclosed 2013-08-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over two earlier RCD registrations for wine racks.
- ›The holder argued the contested design was new and created a different overall impression from the cited earlier designs.
- ›The Division found the first cited earlier RCD was properly disclosed, novelty was not proven absent, but the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld in full; the contested RCD was declared invalid and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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