Invalidity · first instance · 2019-05-30
000011190
Contested design: 004173805-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 004173805-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mora Contract Manufacturing AB
Sweden (SE)
Älvstigen 19, 792 95 Mora, Sweden
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Safe Driving 24 AB
Sweden (SE)
Terminalgatan 22, 235 39 Vellinge, Sweden
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
cart for transporting snowmobiles
RCD No 002680108-0001 · EUIPO designs database · disclosed 2015-06-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on its earlier RCD for a snowmobile cart.
- ›Holder argued the shared features were functional, it had changed the appearance where designer freedom existed, and the designs created different overall impressions.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was disclosed before filing, rejected the novelty claim, but held designer freedom remained fairly high despite functional constraints.
- ›Because the contested design reproduced the prior design's key overall features, it lacked individual character and was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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