Invalidity · first instance · 2020-01-10
000108044
Contested design: 000469473-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested Registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 000469473-0002 wird für nichtig erklärt. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten der Antragstellerin, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Kludi GmbH & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Am Vogelsang 31-33, 58706 Menden, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Aloys F. Dornbracht GmbH & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Köbbingser Mühle 6, 58640 Iserlohn, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (5)
single-lever mixer
IR / DM 063151
single-lever mixer
DE 40201848-0001
single-lever mixer
DE 40201848-0002
single-lever mixer
DE M9502157 · German Design Gazette · disclosed 1996-01-25
single-lever mixer
DE M9803723
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over five earlier designs for single-lever mixers, relying on Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4 and 6 CDR.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found prior disclosure of D4 established and considered the informed user, designer freedom, and the overall impression of the competing mixer designs.
- ›It concluded that the contested design created no different overall impression from the earlier design and declared the RCD invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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