Invalidity · first instance · 2020-08-12
000107799
Contested design: 003110733-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità del disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 0031107330006 è respinta. 2. La richiedente sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dalla titolare, fissate a 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Federal Signal Vama S.A.U.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Dr. Ferrán 7, 08339 Vilassar de Dalt, Barcellona, Spagna
Represented by
Javier Ungría López
Holder · RCD owner
Intav S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Quarto Negroni 61, 00040 Ariccia (RM), Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
'Fiat Bravo Carabinieri' automobile manual disclosing the earlier vehicle signalling light design
'Fiat Bravo Carabinieri' automobile manual · disclosed 2008-03-10
Photographs of the earlier vehicle signalling light design
Photographs · disclosed 2010-10-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested RCD was incoherent across its views and therefore did not qualify as a design, and alternatively lacked novelty and individual character over D01 and D02.
- ›The holder replied that the views were consistent, colour differences merely clarified excluded features, and the contested light bar had distinct shape details that made it new and individually characterful.
- ›The Division found the representations sufficiently coherent and clear, so the Article 25(1)(a) ground failed.
- ›It accepted D01 and D02 as prior disclosures but held that the protected perimeter base and rear inserts created a different overall impression on the informed user, so novelty and individual character were preserved.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
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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