Invalidity · first instance · 2019-09-17
000106839
Contested design: 002874644-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear 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 002874644-0003 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
Theben AG
Germany (DE)
Hohenbergstraße 32, 72401 Haigerloch, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Wenzhou Alion Electronics Co. Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 221 Weiershi Road, Yueqing Economic Development Zone, Yueqing, Wenzhou 325600, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Termina TR 612
Theben Katalog von 2000 · Theben catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) CDR, arguing the contested design was identical to its earlier Termina TR 612 product and therefore lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division held the single untranslated catalogue page did not objectively prove publication, distribution, or disclosure of the earlier design within the meaning of Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Because prior disclosure was not proven, the evidence could not establish lack of novelty or individual character, so the application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
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| 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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