Invalidity · first instance · 2019-09-17
000106841
Contested design: 002874644-0002
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 002874644-0002 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)
catalogue page for Termina TR 610 and TR 611
Theben Katalog von 2000 · Theben catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing the contested timer design matched its earlier Termina TR 610 and TR 611 products.
- ›To prove prior disclosure, the applicant filed one German catalogue page said to date from 2000; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division held that disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR requires solid, objective evidence and found the untranslated single page insufficient to prove publication or distribution.
- ›Because prior disclosure was not established, the earlier designs could not defeat novelty or individual character, so the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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