Invalidity · first instance · 2021-05-04
000113541
Contested design: 006578217-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0065782170002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Matas Jasiukėnas, myBESTscootervia PDF extraction
LT
Konstitucijos pr. 21A, Regus, Quadrum East, 6a., 08130 Vilnius, Lithuania
Holder · RCD owner
Quality Printing 3D Ltd
United Kingdom (GB)
30 Underwood Place Brackla, Bridgend, Bridgend [Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr GB-POG] CF31 2LR, United Kingdom
Prior art cited (1)
Thingiverse posts for the Xiaomi Mijia M365 scooter 10 inch back fender spacer and 10 inch tire foot spacer
https://www.thingiverse.com · Thingiverse · disclosed 2018-01-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier Thingiverse disclosures and also argued the design's features were solely dictated by technical function.
- ›The holder filed no observations or evidence in reply within the time limit.
- ›The Division found the technical-function claim unproven, but accepted the Thingiverse posts as prior disclosure and compared the overall impressions under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›It held that differences in colour and minor rear-view details did not alter the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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| 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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