Invalidity · first instance · 2020-12-15
000109864
Contested design: 006408753-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld and Registered Community design No. 006408753-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 006408753-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Depot Tresor SARLvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
18 rue de la Glaciere, 75013 Paris, Frankreich
Represented by
Philippe Schmitt
Holder · RCD owner
Serasar GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Pleistalstr. 228a, 53757 Sankt Augustin, Deutschland
Prior art cited (1)
bracelet
French design No. 20171890-0003 · INPI · disclosed 2017-07-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier French design disclosures said to be identical to the contested bracelet design.
- ›The holder filed no observations in the invalidity proceedings.
- ›The Division accepted that the applicant retained a legitimate interest despite the holder's prior surrender of the contested design.
- ›The Division found the identified earlier French design had been disclosed before filing and produced no differences from the contested design, so the contested design lacked novelty.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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