Invalidity · first instance · 2019-08-09
000102399
Contested design: 004720290-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 004720290-0001 is rejected.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Federal Signal Vama S.A.
Spain (ES)
Dr. Ferrán, 7, 08339 Vilassar de Dalt (Barcelona), Spain
Represented by
Javier Ungría López
Holder · RCD owner
Intav S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Quarto Negroni, 61, 00072 Ariccia (Roma), Italy
Represented by
Prior art cited (6)
signalling lights for vehicles
RCD No 000954482-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2008-07-04
luminous emergency device for vehicles
RCD 00884036-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin
luminous emergency device for vehicles
RCD 0093291-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin
luminous emergency device for vehicles
RCD 001619248-0008 · Community Designs Bulletin
luminous emergency device for vehicles
RCD 002754887-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin
signalling light bar for vehicles
Hella RTK-QS Manual Instructions · Hella · disclosed 2008-06-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 000954482-0003 and other prior disclosures in signalling lights for vehicles.
- ›The holder argued the contested design was new and individually distinctive, citing a broader prior corpus and differences in the panel, frame, proportions, and fixing mechanism.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD, but found the contested design was not identical and produced a different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected because the contested RCD retained novelty and individual character; the applicant was ordered to pay fixed costs of EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
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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