Invalidity · first instance · 2019-08-13
000102260
Contested design: 000953492-0023
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity 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. 000953492-0023 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
NBL Europe GmbH
Germany (DE)
Monzastr. 4a, 63225 Langen, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Erwin Müller GmbH
Germany (DE)
Breslauer Str. 34-38, 49808 Lingen (Ems), Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
wall-mounted tumbler holder with glass
RCD No 000640636-0009 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2007-01-30
wall-mounted tumbler holder with glass
RCD No 000640636-0010 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2007-01-30
wall-mounted tumbler holder with glass
CN 300770401 D (application 200730117710.3) · Chinese design publication · disclosed 2008-04-23
wall-mounted tumbler holder
Article No. 11311A · NBL product catalog · disclosed 2006-12-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier bathroom tumbler-holder designs and catalog disclosures predating 17 June 2008.
- ›The holder argued the evidence did not prove timely public disclosure of most alleged prior designs and that the cited designs created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure only for D1 to D4, rejected the remaining evidence as insufficient, and found D3 visually incomplete and D1, D2, and D4 materially different from the contested design.
- ›The invalidity grounds under Article 25(1)(b) failed, so the application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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