Invalidity · first instance · 2021-02-17
000109682
Contested design: 005504941-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 0055049410001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0055049410001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Piaggio & C. S.P.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, 25, 56025 Pontedera, (PI), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Min Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.91-5 Gaoqiao Area before Hongjia Street, Jiaojiang District, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province Taizhou City, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
motorcycle
RCD No 0021925180001 · EUIPO Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-02-10
Article 'Don’t Fear the Scooter, Vespa Primavera 150 review' with images of a Vespa motorcycle
https://www.rideapart.com · rideapart.com · disclosed 2015-01-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier RCD and a Vespa scooter disclosed online.
- ›Holder argued the informed user is highly attentive, design freedom is constrained by scooter function, and the cited differences create a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of both earlier designs and found at least average designer freedom for scooters.
- ›It held the contested design created no different overall impression from the Vespa prior design, so the RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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