Invalidity · first instance · 2020-02-04
000105879
Contested design: 002323154-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 0023231540002 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten des Inhabers, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Osmo Holz und Color GmbH & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Affhüppen Esch 12, 48231 Warendorf, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Bernhard Hirsch
Germany (DE)
Kroißenmühle 2, 94535 Eging am See, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
Decken und Wandverkleidungen
M91 03 701 · Geschmacksmusterblatt · disclosed 1992-03-25
Latten, Leisten, Paneele, Paneele zum Täfeln, Schalungsbretter
402010000959-0001 · Geschmacksmusterblatt · disclosed 2010-04-16
Holzelemente, Fassadenverkleidungen
001615824-0008 · Blatt für Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster · disclosed 2011-03-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over German designs D1 and D2 and Community design D3.
- ›The holder argued the contested design remained new and had individual character because the cited designs either lacked comparable side views or created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found D1, D2 and D3 were properly disclosed but none was identical to the contested design, so novelty was not destroyed.
- ›The Division held the side view contributed materially to the overall impression and that the contested panel's minimalist profile differed sufficiently from the prior designs.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's costs of EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- 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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