Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-10
000102599
Contested design: 002844498-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant is ordered to pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se deniega la solicitud de declaración de nulidad del dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado nº 0028444980001. 2. Se condena al solicitante a que sufrague las costas del titular, fijadas en 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Etac AB
Sweden (SE)
Färögatan 33, 164 51 Kista, Suecia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Tecnimoem 97, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Crtra. Logroño-Mendavia, km. 5, 31230 Viana, Navarra, España
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
Duschhilfesessel und -fussstütze
498123250001 · DesignView / Germany · disclosed 1999-08-10
DUSCH- OCH TOALETTSTOL
65608-0001 · DesignView / Sweden · disclosed 2000-09-27
DUSCH- OCH TOALETTSTOL
65608-0002 · DesignView / Sweden · disclosed 2000-09-27
FOTSÖD DÄRAV
65608-0003 · DesignView / Sweden · disclosed 2000-09-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on earlier German and Swedish wheelchair design registrations D1-D4.
- ›The holder argued the cited designs differed in the backrest, seat, armrests, handle and footrest, and that design freedom was constrained for hygiene wheelchairs.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1-D4, found the earlier design was not identical to the contested RCD, and held the remaining differences shaped a different overall impression.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected because the contested RCD was new and had individual character; the applicant was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberÁlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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