Invalidity · first instance · 2020-05-18
000109661
Contested design: 006581336-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 006581336-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, 25, 56025 Pontedera, (PI), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Chen Huangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 63, Zhenpeng West Road, Pengjie Town, Luqiao District, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province 318000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
scooter design
Registered Community Design No 002192518-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-02-10
article about the 2015 Vespa Primavera 150 scooter
https://www.rideapart.com/articles/247512/dont-fear-the-scooter-2015-vespaprimavera-150-review/ · rideapart.com · disclosed 2015-01-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier RCD and a 2015 web article concerning a scooter design.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD, found the informed user and designer freedom pointed to a side-by-side comparison, and identified many dominant shared scooter features.
- ›Minor differences, including the seat handle and lower-part details, did not outweigh the similarities, so the contested design produced the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested RCD was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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