Invalidity · first instance · 2019-03-27
000102280
Contested design: 004001790-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 0040017900001 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Timetec24
Germany (DE)
Spandauer Straße 180, 14612 Falkensee, Deutschland
Represented by
Amadeos Kochanowski
Holder · RCD owner
EveMotion GmbH
Germany (DE)
Marzahner Chaussee 213, 12681 Berlin, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
electric scooter design
201630506081.2 · Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China · disclosed 2017-07-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Chinese design filing No. 201630506081.2.
- ›The holder argued that a mere Chinese filing did not make the design publicly available before the contested RCD filing and invoked the 12-month grace period in the alternative.
- ›The Division held that disclosure under Article 7 must be proven by concrete and objective evidence and that unpublished Chinese file materials are not normally known to the relevant specialized circles.
- ›Because the earlier Chinese design was only published on 2017-07-04, after the contested RCD filing, the prior disclosure allegation failed and the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
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