Invalidity · first instance · 2021-05-17
000111542
Contested design: 000565015-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the registered Community design No 000565015-0003 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay 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. 000565015-0003 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 Wayback Machine · 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 and in particular website evidence for D1.
- ›The holder argued D1's disclosure date was unproven and that differences in proportions, rounded versus angular bars, and double-box structure created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the archived hundeboxen.de screenshots as reliable prior disclosure under Article 7(1) and found designer freedom not materially restricted for the relevant box features.
- ›It held that the minor differences did not alter the overall impression created by D1, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
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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