Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-02
000104019
Contested design: 003110733-0005
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No 0031107330005 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. Il disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 0031107330005 è dichiarato nullo. Il titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dal richiedente, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Federal Signal Vama S.A.U.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Dr. Ferran 7, 08339 Vilassar de Dalt, Barcellona, Spagna
Represented by
Javier Ungria Lopez
Holder · RCD owner
Intav S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Quarto Negroni, 61, 00040 Ariccia (RM), Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
vehicle signalling light design
RCD No 000954482-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2008-07-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and, in the alternative, lack of individual character based on earlier RCD No 000954482-0003 disclosed in 2008.
- ›The holder argued the contested light bar differed in the panel, perimeter body, colours, transparency areas, and fixing means, and claimed the sector was crowded and designer freedom limited.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD sufficiently disclosed, rejected the novelty ground because the differences were not irrelevant, but held designer freedom was broad and the shared core features dominated the overall impression.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character; the RCD was declared invalid and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberJessica LEWIS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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