Invalidity · first instance · 2020-01-27
000108681
Contested design: 002539437-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested 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. 002539437-0002 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
Ningbo Beilun Inmax Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 686, Kunlunshan Road Xinqi, Beilun District, Ningbo 315800, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Wolfram H. Müller
Holder · RCD owner
WERKHAUS Design+Produktion GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Industriestraße 11+13, 29389 Bad Bodenteich, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
"20 FT DRY FREIGHT CONTAINER (24/30 TON RAITINGS), hc." freight container image
econtainer.narod.ru/pages/20ft.html · Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2014-08-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested design for an ornament was a standard freight-container side view lacking novelty and at least lacking individual character over earlier container disclosures.
- ›It relied on website extracts, especially D1 from the Internet Archive, and compared the contested design with the orange container image shown there.
- ›The holder filed no observations; the Division accepted D1 as a prior online disclosure before 17 September 2014 and found the minor differences insufficient to change the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The Division held that the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), declared it invalid, and ordered the holder to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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