Invalidity · first instance · 2019-06-25
000105503
Contested design: 001697038-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 001697038-0005 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
HappyBrush GmbH
Germany (DE)
Amalienstr. 71, 80799 München, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
Netherlands (NL)
High Tech Campus 5, 5656 AE Eindhoven, Netherlands
Represented by
Prior art cited (18)
toothbrush head design
US D598198 · United States design register
toothbrush head design
GB702003003008453-0001 · United Kingdom design register
toothbrush head design
FR700000000960268-0003 · French design register
toothbrush head design
000226501-0002 · EUIPO register
toothbrush head design
FR701000000026741-0001 · French design register
toothbrush head design
000728464-0002 · EUIPO register
toothbrush head design
000728464-0003 · EUIPO register
toothbrush head design
IR0071094-0001 · International design register
toothbrush head design
US D397251 · United States design patent register
toothbrush head design
CN200830248432.X · Chinese design register · disclosed 2009-11-11
toothbrush head design
PH702001000000660 · Philippines design register · disclosed 1900-01-01
toothbrush head design
US D598653 · United States design patent register · disclosed 2009-08-25
toothbrush head design
CN200830248433.4 · Chinese design register · disclosed 2009-11-11
toothbrush head design
AT00033400-0001 · www.polysign.de
toothbrush head design
IR00072551-0002 · www.polysign.de
toothbrush head design
IR00072551-0001 · www.polysign.de
toothbrush head design
IR00066073-0003 · www.polysign.de
"Oral B Brush Heads" design
www.amazon.de · www.amazon.de
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on numerous earlier toothbrush-head designs and an Oral-B publication.
- ›The holder filed no observations within the time limit set by the Office.
- ›The Division accepted only part of the cited prior art as properly disclosed and held that the contested design differed in important features and overall impression.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected because the contested RCD retained individual character and, a fortiori, novelty.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberKelly BENNETT
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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