Invalidity · first instance · 2021-02-16
000110042
Contested design: 003237197-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 0032371970002 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
LieBee GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Neue Promenade 5, 10178 Berlin, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Göbber GmbH
Germany (DE)
Bahnhofstr. 40, 27324 Eystrup, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
Gläserhalter für Getränke [ausgenommen Spender], Schalen
RCD No. 000979075-0009 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2008-09-05
Gläser(Trink-), Gläserhalter für Getränke [ausgenommen Spender]
RCD No. 000979075-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2008-09-05
transparentes Glas, im Katalog der Weck Glaswerk GmbH abgebildet
Article 969 · Weck Glaswerk GmbH, "Verpackungsglas/Containerjaws Katalog 2015"
transparenter Glas-Körper
International Design No. 00048054-0010 · international design register · disclosed 1999-08-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier RCDs D1 and D2 and later invoked D3 and D4 as additional prior designs.
- ›The holder argued the contested jar design was new and had individual character, and that D3 and D4 were raised too late and in any event gave a different overall impression.
- ›The Division held D3 and D4 inadmissible because they were not pleaded in the original invalidity application, but accepted D1 and D2 as properly disclosed prior designs.
- ›Comparing the contested design with D1 and D2, the Division found the thread, upper indentation, material transparency, and overall construction created a different overall impression, so the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberClaudia SCHLIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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