Invalidity · first instance · 2019-09-04
000106239
Contested design: 004022671-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 004022671-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 004022671-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Pilotfly GmbH
Germany (DE)
Wendelsteinstraße 12, 86163 Augsburg, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Pilotfly Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
Taiwan (TW)
2F-2, No. 118, Sec. 1, Jiafeng S Rd., Zhubei City, Hsinchu County 30271, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
accessories for cameras and cinematographic apparatus
Community design No 003990134-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-05-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over its earlier disclosed Community design.
- ›Applicant relied on the Office database extract and registration certificate for Community design No 003990134-0001, published before the contested filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier design was disclosed and that the contested protected features were identical, so the contested RCD lacked novelty.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
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