Invalidity · first instance · 2021-05-28
000110383
Contested design: 005321494-0014
Outcome
The invalidity application is granted, the contested Community design 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. 005321494-0014 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
Papierfabriek Doetinchem B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Terborgseweg 52, 7005 BB Doetinchem, Niederlande
Holder · RCD owner
Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier- und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
Germany (DE)
Hanfstr. 23,33607 Bielefeld, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
Packmaschinen, Papierrollen
RCD No 001457279-0001 · Blatt für Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster · disclosed 2017-03-21
Packmaschinen (Teil von -)
RCD No 003507086-0001 · Blatt für Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster · disclosed 2017-03-21
Packmaschinen (Teil von -)
RCD No 003507086-0002 · Blatt für Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster · disclosed 2017-03-21
Packmaschinen
RCD No 003507086-0003 · Blatt für Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster · disclosed 2017-03-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier RCDs showing substantially the same pyramidal paper-dispenser end piece.
- ›The holder argued the compared designs differed in overall impression, stressing the semicircular attachments, yellow colour, and technical constraints limiting the scope of protection.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCDs and treated designer freedom as not materially restricted despite some functional constraints for paper-dispenser heads.
- ›It found the contested design created no different overall impression from earlier RCD No 003507086-0002, so the design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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