Invalidity · first instance · 2021-02-12
000113201
Contested design: 004421600-0002
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 0044216000002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s cost, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
JOM Car Parts & Car Hifi GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Harpener Hellweg 16, 44805 Bochum, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Fast Investments Inc.via PDF extraction
MH
Trust Company Complex Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, 96960 Majuro, Marshall Islands
Represented by
Prior art cited (6)
VW T6 van radiator grille shown in article images
tuningblog.eu article 'Subtle transporter – VW T6 Multivan on 20 customs by Cartech.ch.' · tuningblog.eu · disclosed 2016-11-01
VW T6 van radiator grille shown in article images
tuningblog.eu article 'Volkswagen VW T6 on send Vossen LC108T Rims' · tuningblog.eu · disclosed 2017-08-17
Für VW T6 Transporter 2015-2019 Highline Echt Carbon Kühlergr
eBay.de offer · eBay.de
Für VW T6 Transporter 2015-2019 Highline Echt Carbon Kühlergr 2 tlg
eBay.de offer with revision summary · eBay.de
Für VW T6 Transporter Highline 2015-2019 Grill Leiste Dark Edelstahl Chrom
eBay.at offer · eBay.at
VW T6 Transporter Trendline 2015-19 Dark Chrom Kühlergr Frontgrill Edelstahl
eBay.de offer · eBay.de
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier VW T6 grille disclosures and related German court materials.
- ›Holder filed no observations in the invalidity proceedings.
- ›The Division disregarded the court judgment, affidavit and untranslated or undated eBay materials, but accepted the 2016 and 2017 tuningblog.eu articles as prior disclosures.
- ›Because the visible grille features were almost identical and the differences had little weight, the contested RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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