Invalidity · first instance · 2019-08-22
000104461
Contested design: 001215412-0018
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. 0012154120018 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
AMC-Competent HandelsgmbH
Austria (AT)
Seefeldmuehle 297, 5421 Adnet, Österreich
Represented by
Clemens Thiele
Holder · RCD owner
Firma Kurz Natursteine GmbH
Germany (DE)
Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 19, 64625 Bensheim, Deutschland
Prior art cited (3)
RMP Grafmonumenten catalog page showing a split grave stone model
RMP Grafmonumenten catalog
grave stone design
RCD No 001645375-0052 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-12-23
prospect material from the 1990s showing split grave stone models
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought total invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, and argued the base was solely dictated by technical function.
- ›The holder disputed the authenticity and disclosure of D1 and D3, denied the design was a complex product, and maintained the contested design was new and had individual character.
- ›The Division held D1 and D3 were not proven disclosures, because the undated catalog and prospect materials lacked reliable evidence of dissemination and specific identification.
- ›The Division accepted D2 as disclosed, but found the contested design was neither identical to D2 nor lacking individual character, and Article 8(1) did not invalidate the design as a whole.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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