Invalidity · first instance · 2021-10-04
000112842
Contested design: 007076302-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the proprietor must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Declares registered Community design-No 007076302 to be invalid. Orders the proprietor to bear the costs, which are fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Concaver Sp.z.o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Wabcz 60, 86-212 Stolno, Poland
Represented by
Michaase Jlining drzejewski
Holder · RCD owner
HS Motorsport UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Germany (DE)
Königsberger Straße 9, 85386 Eching, Germany
Prior art cited (2)
wheel rim for vehicles
Instagram account ozzytyres_rockdale · Instagram · disclosed 2015-11-18
wheel rim for vehicles
Instagram account ksautohauz · Instagram · disclosed 2018-04-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier wheel-rim disclosures D1 and D2 from Instagram posts.
- ›The proprietor argued Instagram posts were not relevant disclosures, the contested design differed in visible details, and the wheel-rim sector was saturated.
- ›The Division accepted D1 and D2 as prior disclosures, rejected the novelty ground, but found D2 created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›Because the differences were insufficient given the designer's broad freedom and the proprietor did not prove market saturation, the contested design was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberALVARO SOCMERINO
- 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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