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Contested design 004507093-0001

Invalidity · first instance · 2021-01-26

000113125

Contested design: 004507093-0001

CDR

Outcome

Invalidated (total)

The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.

Show verbatim operative text(de)

1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 0045070930001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten der Antragstellerin, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.

CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750

Parties

Applicant · invalidity challenger

Nippon Seal Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction

Japan (JP)

3-65, 1-Chome Hirabayashi Minama, Suminoe-Ku, Osaka, Japan

Holder · RCD owner

Wunderfabrik GmbH

Germany (DE)

Reilsheimer Str. 50, 69245 Bammental, Deutschland

Prior art cited (1)

National designD1

Staubbürsten, Fusselroller

2008-018252 · Japanese design register / DesignView · disclosed 2009-07-06

Legal grounds invoked

Article 25(1)(b)Article 6(1)(b)Article 7

Argument summary

  • The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier disclosed design D1, a Japanese design registration extract also shown via DesignView.
  • The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, novelty, or individual character.
  • The Division held D1 was disclosed on 6 July 2009 and could be considered known to the relevant EU specialist circles.
  • It found the contested design and D1 created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character.
  • The invalidity application was upheld in full, the design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.

Deciding panel

  • MemberNatascha GALPERIN
  • MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
  • MemberClaudia SCHLIE

Decision files

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enEnglish (en)machine translatedDownload original from EUIPO ↗
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Locarno classes

04.0107.05

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