Invalidity · first instance · 2020-11-05
000108621
Contested design: 006576161-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006576161-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Snoresvia PDF extraction
LV
‘Barži’, Tīnūžu pg., Ikšķiles nov., 5015, Latvia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
WGL
LV
A.Dombrovska 45-7, Rīga, 1015, Latvia
Represented by
Inese Kārkle-Jurķe
Prior art cited (1)
appliance for training the sense of balance
DM/100 260 · WIPO Hague Express Database · disclosed 2018-03-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier international design DM/100 260.
- ›Holder contested invalidity, pointed to design differences, argued on informed user and designer freedom, and claimed the product was a complex product.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier Hague registration and found Article 4(2) component-part restrictions inapplicable to this application.
- ›It held the shared overall structure and appearance outweighed minor hinge and connector differences, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
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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