Invalidity · first instance · 2020-04-07
000106880
Contested design: 004661361-0019
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 004661361-0019 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
Begros Bedarfsgüter Großhandelsgesellschaft für Wohnung und Heim Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftungvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Graf-Zeppelin-Str. 5, 46149 Oberhausen, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Meise Möbel GmbH & Co. KG
Germany (DE)
Klosterbauerschafter Str. 27, 32278 Kirchlengern, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Betten
Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 004070860-0009 · Blatt für Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster · disclosed 2017-07-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on earlier disclosed RCD D1 for beds.
- ›The holder argued the contested design was new and had individual character, and requested suspension because it had filed an invalidity action against D1.
- ›The Division held D1 was validly disclosed by its publication and that any attack on D1's validity was irrelevant to assessing the contested design.
- ›Comparing the box-spring bed designs, the Division found only minor differences and the same overall impression, so the application was upheld and the RCD invalidated.
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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