Invalidity · first instance · 2020-01-27
000108024
Contested design: 005649068-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 0056490680001 wird für nichtig erklärt.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zirbenkugel GmbHvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Swarovskistr. 60, 6112 Wattens, Österreich
Represented by
Franz-Martin Orou
Holder · RCD owner
37Grad GmbH
Austria (AT)
Reitgraben 1a, 6111 Volders, Österreich
Prior art cited (5)
carafe with wooden ball stopper
facebook.com/Zirbenkugel · Facebook · disclosed 2012-04-04
carafe with wooden ball stopper
facebook.com/alpenschick · Facebook · disclosed 2014-04-14
carafe with wooden ball stopper
facebook.com/TirolShopInnsbruck · Facebook · disclosed 2015-09-15
carafe with wooden ball stopper
facebook.com/Andreus.Golf.Wellnessresort · Facebook · disclosed 2015-06-30
carafe with wooden ball stopper
grueneerde.com product page · Grüne Erde online shop · disclosed 2017-07-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant relied on five online disclosures of a Y-shaped carafe with a wooden ball stopper and claimed the contested design lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›Holders filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Facebook and webshop disclosures, used D4 as the closest prior design, and found the carafe shape and wooden ball stopper identical apart from immaterial wood-grain differences.
- ›The contested design lacked novelty and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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