Invalidity · first instance · 2020-05-14
000108023
Contested design: 005820008-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. Il disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 0058200080001 è dichiarato nullo. La titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dalla richiedente, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Daimler AG
Germany (DE)
Mercedesstr. 120, 70372 Stuttgart, Germania
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
G.M.P. Group S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Luigi Galvani 8-12, 24061 Albano Sant’Alessandro, Italia
Represented by
Giulio Bonadio
Prior art cited (1)
ruote per veicoli
RCD No 002691410-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-10-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 002691410-0001 for vehicle wheels.
- ›The holder argued the central area, additional holes, spoke proportions, and graphic rendering created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was disclosed before filing and that the shared spoke arrangement and overall wheel structure dominated the informed user's impression.
- ›The minor differences around the central holes and hub area were insufficient, so the contested RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberJessica LEWIS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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