Invalidity · first instance · 2021-02-23
000108307
Contested design: 005658507-0012
Outcome
The invalidity application 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. 0056585070012 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
Out of the Blue KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Beim neuen Damm 28, 28865 Lilienthal, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Mydo GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Osterfeldstraße 6, 22529 Hamburg, Deutschland
Prior art cited (2)
Winkekatzen in verschiedenen Farben
Facebook und Instagram
Winkekatzen mit Frontal-, Seiten- und Rückansicht
Instagram · disclosed 2015-01-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier online disclosures of waving cat figurines by Diminuto Cielo.
- ›The holder argued the earlier disclosures were not proven, key annexes had little evidential value, and differences in colour, surface texture, and unseen views created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the late-filed annexes, found the Facebook, Instagram, and Amazon materials sufficient to prove prior disclosure of D1 and D2 before the filing date, and treated internet disclosures as part of the prior art.
- ›The Division found broad design freedom for decorative objects and held that the contested design created the same overall impression as D1 and D2, so the RCD lacked individual character and had to be invalidated.
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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