Invalidity · first instance · 2021-06-25
000114541
Contested design: 006492583-0001
Outcome
The application for invalidity is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité est accueillie. 2. Le dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 6492583-0001 est déclaré nul. 3. La titulaire supporte les frais exposés par la demanderesse, fixés à 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Nintendo of Europe GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Goldsteinstraße 235, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Allemagne
Holder · RCD owner
Damien Laborde
France (FR)
29 bis chemin de Gramont, 31770 Colomiers, France
Represented by
Sophie Mascaras
Prior art cited (1)
manettes de commandes pour jeux
DMC N° 6308623-0001 · eSearch · disclosed 2019-04-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity of the contested game controller design based on its earlier RCD D1, alleging lack of novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found D1 had been disclosed before the filing date and compared the designs from the perspective of the informed user with no meaningful constraint on designer freedom.
- ›It held the differences were minor and did not change the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberMichelle, Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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