Invalidity · first instance · 2019-04-25
000101560
Contested design: 004525681-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado nº 0045256810002. 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
Triple-A-Toys GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Schweringer Str. 4, 37441 Bad Sachsa, Alemania
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Muñecas Saica S.L.
Spain (ES)
Calle Llebeig, 8, 03430 Onil (Alicante), España
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
scooter
CN 304138252 · China · disclosed 2017-05-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Chinese registered design for a scooter published on 17 May 2017.
- ›The holder argued the Chinese design was not reasonably knowable in the EU and that differences in grips, colours, wheels, deck, materials and handlebar preserved novelty and individual character.
- ›The Division found the Chinese registration had been validly disclosed under Article 7(1) and that shared scooter configuration features dominated the informed user's overall impression.
- ›Novelty was not disproved, but the contested design lacked individual character, so the invalidity application was upheld in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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