Invalidity · first instance · 2021-08-02
000112381
Contested design: 007372958-0003
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 0073729580003 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Musto Et Bureau Srlvia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Molise, 26/28, 40024 Osteria Grande (BO), Italien
Represented by
Francesco De Sanzuane
Holder · RCD owner
Rauch Furnace Technology GmbH
Austria (AT)
Fichtenweg 3, 4810 Gmunden, Österreich
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
older crucible forms allegedly identical or similar to the contested design
internal table, applicant webpages, catalog images, invoices and trade-fair references
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested crucible was not a proper design, lacked novelty and individual character over older crucible forms allegedly marketed for decades, and was dictated by technical function or hidden in use.
- ›The holder replied that the applicant's case was partly untranslated and unsubstantiated, no specific earlier design or valid disclosure had been proved, and the contested design remained new, individual, visible and not purely functional.
- ›The Division held the translation defect had been cured and rejected the attacks on the granted time extension and the request for an oral hearing.
- ›On the merits, it found the contested crucible qualified as a design, the evidence did not prove disclosure of any concrete earlier design under Article 7, and the visibility and technical-function objections were unsupported.
- ›The invalidity application was therefore rejected in full and costs of EUR 400 were awarded against the applicant.
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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