Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-15
000113782
Contested design: 008115257-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Registered Community design No 008115257-0002 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 008115257-0002 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Der Inhaber trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Carol Baxtervia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Fairwinds,18 Victory Road, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8LX, Vereinigtes Köngreich
Holder · RCD owner
Julien Srilan
Germany (DE)
Am Greut 4a, 91595 Burgoberbach, Deutschland
Prior art cited (1)
bath mat
Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 001601584-0001 · Blatt für Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster · disclosed 2010-02-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over her earlier RCD No 001601584-0001.
- ›The holder was invited to comment on the application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was disclosed before the contested filing date through its publication in the Community Designs Bulletin.
- ›It held that both bath-mat designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberMartin LENZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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