Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-06
000113762
Contested design: 007750666-0006
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested Community design No. 0077506660006 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. 0077506660006 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
Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 005318441-0001 · Blatt fuer Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster · disclosed 2018-06-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character and also invoked earlier trademark rights used in the contested design.
- ›The applicant relied in particular on earlier RCD D1 for night-vision goggles; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as a prior disclosure because its publication in the Community Designs Bulletin predated the contested design's filing date.
- ›Given broad design freedom, the contested design and D1 created the same overall impression on the informed user, with only minimal differences.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
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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