Invalidity · first instance · 2020-05-18
000107119
Contested design: 002351247-0001
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. 002351247-0001 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Paalupaikka Oyvia PDF extraction
Finland (FI)
Kivirannantie 9, PL 19, 74101 Iisalmi, Finland
Holder · RCD owner
Daimler AGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
063 - H512, 70546 Stuttgart, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Mercedes-Benz E-Class price list with wheel images
Mercedes-Benz price list · disclosed 2007-07-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an allegedly identical five-spoke wheel design disclosed in a Mercedes-Benz E-Class price list.
- ›The holder argued the contested RCD remained new and individual, and that the applicant had not proven disclosure of the alleged earlier design or matched it to the price-list images.
- ›The Division held that disclosure under Article 7 must be proven by concrete and objective evidence, and the only submitted price list did not show the specific earlier design relied on.
- ›Because prior disclosure was not sufficiently established, the invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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