Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-01
000113441
Contested design: 002691410-0001
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. 002691410-0001 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
Diewe Wheels GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Industriestraße 21, 86438 Kissing, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Daimler AGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Mercedesstr. 120, 70372 Stuttgart, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
Audi wheel rim design
Audi Q3 catalog; Audi Life Kundenmagazin
Nissan wheel rim design
auto-motor-und-sport.de article "Nissan Qashqai 2014 im ersten Test" · auto-motor-und-sport.de · disclosed 2014-02-14
Oxxo wheel rim design
youtube.com video "FelgenOutlet.de – Oxxo · Oberon 5 · Silver" · YouTube · disclosed 2014-12-10
Daimler wheel rim design
RCD No 002351247-0003 · EUIPO eSearch · disclosed 2015-02-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over four earlier wheel-rim designs labelled D1 to D4.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure of D1, argued D1 to D3 created different overall impressions, and invoked the Article 7(2) grace period for D4.
- ›The Division found D1 to D3 had been disclosed before filing, but each produced a different overall impression from the contested design despite some shared wheel-rim features.
- ›D4 was excluded under the twelve-month grace period, the novelty and individual-character claims failed, and the invalidity application was rejected with costs against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- 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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