Invalidity · first instance · 2021-05-17
000111342
Contested design: 000565015-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested RCD No 000565015-0001 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. 000565015-0001 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
Intercon Tierbedarf GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Brahmkoppel 4, 24558 Henstedt-Ulzburg, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Brügglivia PDF extraction
Switzerland (CH)
Hofstr. 5, 8590 Romanshorn, Schweiz
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
dog transport box "Typ A"
hundeboxen.de · Internet Archive / hundeboxen.de · disclosed 2002-04-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier disclosures of dog transport boxes, especially D1 from hundeboxen.de.
- ›The holder argued the cited designs created a different overall impression, disputed sufficient proof of D1's disclosure date, and said technical constraints limited design freedom.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive screenshots as proof that D1 had been publicly disclosed before the contested design's priority date under Article 7 CDR.
- ›The Division found only minor differences between D1 and the contested design and held they produced no different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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