Invalidity · first instance · 2021-08-26
000114401
Contested design: 002647040-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application against registered Community design No 002647040-0001 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité à l’encontre du dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 002647040-0001 est rejetée. 2. La demanderesse supporte les frais de la titulaire, fixés à 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Grassy Handels GmbH & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
L.-F. Schönherr-Straße 32, 08523 Plauen, Allemagne
Holder · RCD owner
ID PLUS S.A.
Belgium (BE)
Horzelstraat 100, 1180 Brussel, Belgique
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested RCD did not show a single design under Article 3(a) because the seven views depicted different product parts or inconsistent folding variants.
- ›The holder replied that the figures showed the same baby sleeping-bag foot cuff from different angles and open or closed positions, and filed supporting evidence.
- ›The Invalidity Division held the registered views were sufficiently clear, coherent, and identifiable as one part of one product despite their abstraction and differing perspectives.
- ›The Division found no obvious contradiction between the views, concluded the contested RCD met the definition of a design, and rejected the invalidity application.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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