Invalidity · first instance · 2020-07-16
000106480
Contested design: 002817189-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 002817189-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
SCROOSER GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Bouchéstrasse 12, Halle 20, 12435 Berlin, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Scooterson Inc.
United States (US)
548 Market St #71050, San Francisco, California 94104, United States of America
Prior art cited (1)
scooter
RCD No 002124941-0001 · EUIPO Bulletin
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, and for conflict with its earlier RCD No 002124941-0001, arguing the shared scooter architecture outweighed minor differences.
- ›Holder argued the contested design created a bolder, more complex and motorcycle-like overall impression, and that technical constraints and existing designs limited the designer's freedom.
- ›The Division found the earlier design had been disclosed but was not identical, and that the contested scooter's steering assembly, frame breaks, seat supports, footboard and added elements produced a different overall impression.
- ›The application was rejected because the contested RCD retained individual character and was not in conflict with the earlier design; the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
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| 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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