Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-28
000106842
Contested design: 002899815-0001
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 002899815-0001 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
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)
product 'SUL 181_h'
Theben Produktkatalog 1993 · Theben product catalog
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) CDR, arguing the contested design was identical to its earlier 'SUL 181_h' product and therefore lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division held that the single German pdf page labelled 'Theben Produktkatalog 1993' did not objectively prove when or how the earlier design was made available to the public under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Because prior disclosure was not proven, the Division did not assess novelty or individual character further and rejected the application.
- ›The applicant, as the losing party, was ordered to bear the holder's representation costs fixed at EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
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| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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