Invalidity · first instance · 2020-03-18
000108161
Contested design: 002188136-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado nº 002188136-0001.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Constanze Grabovia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Münchner Strasse 9, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Alemania
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Presspart Manufacturing S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Avda. del Foix, s/n, Parque Empresarial "El Foix", 43720 L'Arboç del Penedes (Tarragona), España
Prior art cited (1)
medical inhaler
RCD No 00282801-0001 · Boletín de Dibujos y Modelos Comunitarios · disclosed 2005-03-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the inhaler design lacked individual character in light of at least 19 earlier inhaler designs, relying specifically on earlier RCD D1.
- ›Holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division examined D1 as the closest prior design and found its publication in the Community Designs Bulletin sufficient to prove disclosure.
- ›It held that the shared elongated body, angled top, oval mouthpiece and connector dominated the overall impression, while the remaining differences were minor for an informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested inhaler design was invalidated, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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