Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-05
000113703
Contested design: 007750666-0023
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested Registered Community Design No 0077506660023 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. 0077506660023 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Der Inhaber trägt die Kosten der Antragstellerin, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Puleide Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.28, JianLongAo, Baoshi East Rd., Shiyan St., Baoan Dist., Shenzhen, Volksrepublik China
Holder · RCD owner
Enrico Thierbach
Germany (DE)
Wehrstraße 35, 01968 Senftenberg, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Nachtsichtbrillen
RCD No 005318441-0001 · Blatt für Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster · disclosed 2018-06-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier designs, and also invoked an earlier EU trade mark used in the contested design.
- ›The applicant relied in particular on earlier RCD D1 for night-vision goggles published before the filing date of the contested design.
- ›The holder filed no observations, and the Division treated D1 as validly disclosed and assessed overall impression from the perspective of the informed user.
- ›Given broad design freedom and the strong similarities between the products, the Division found no different overall impression, upheld the application, and invalidated the contested design.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- 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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