Invalidity · first instance · 2019-05-28
000102040
Contested design: 001457113-0075
Outcome
The invalidity application 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. 0014571130075 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
LEGERO Schuhfabrik Gesellschaft mbH
Austria (AT)
Marburgerstr. 10, 8042 Graz, Österreich
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Rieker Schuh AG
Switzerland (CH)
Stockwiesenstr. 1., 8240 Thayngen, Schweiz
Represented by
Prior art cited (5)
shoe
40 2011 006754-0004 · DPMA Designblatt · disclosed 2012-03-16
shoe
40 2011 006754-0005 · DPMA Designblatt · disclosed 2012-03-16
shoe
40 2012 003211-0004 · DPMA Designblatt · disclosed 2012-09-28
shoe
001340749-0004 · Community Designs Bulletin
catalog extract showing the Tanaro model
Nachorderkatalog Herbst/Winter 2012, Modell Tanaro · Nachorderkatalog Herbst/Winter 2012
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over German designs D1 to D3, RCD D4, and a 2012 catalog extract.
- ›The holder argued the contested shoe design was new and had individual character because the cited designs did not match it or create the same overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 to D4 from official register extracts but found the Herbst/Winter 2012 catalog extract insufficiently proven as a public disclosure.
- ›Differences in seam layout, side details, and the saw-tooth outsole meant no cited design was identical and the contested design produced a different overall impression.
- ›The invalidity grounds under Article 25(1)(b) CDR failed, so the application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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