Invalidity · first instance · 2019-09-17
000103619
Contested design: 004370914-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected and the applicant must pay the holder’s costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 004370914-0001 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
Nino Roboticsvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
18 avenue de Montpellier, 34800 Clermont l’Hérault, France
Represented by
Marie Sonnier-Poquillon
Holder · RCD owner
Airwheel Europe S.A.via PDF extraction
Belgium (BE)
Rue Laid Burnait 3, 1348 Louvain-1a-Neuve, Belgium
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
autonomous self-balanced personal transporter
International design registration No DM/085317 · International Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-06-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier international design registration No DM/085317, arguing the visible differences were minor or technically dictated.
- ›The holder argued the contested wheelchair design had several visible differences from the earlier design and therefore produced a different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of DM/085317 but found the identified differences in the steering mechanism, armrests, frame, footrest, wheels and holders were not immaterial.
- ›Given broad design freedom and the cumulative visual differences, the contested RCD retained individual character, so the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
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| 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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