Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-17
000114705
Contested design: 008302756-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of Registered Community design No 008302756-0001 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. 008302756-0001 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten des Inhabers, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
SIA Klumelvia PDF extraction
LV
Kurzemes prospekts 88-33, Riga, 1069, Lettland
Represented by
Jānis Kļumels
Holder · RCD owner
Albert Ungrad
Austria (AT)
Nöstach 155, 2571 Altenmarkt, Österreich
Prior art cited (1)
foldable artificial Christmas tree / foldable plywood Christmas tree
RCD No 008275184-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2020-11-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD D1 and also invoked Article 25(1)(d).
- ›The holder argued that the contested design was new and had individual character, and that D1 did not preclude registration.
- ›The Division found Article 25(1)(d) inapplicable because D1 had already been disclosed before the contested design's filing date.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as prior disclosure but held the designs were not identical and created different overall impressions, so novelty and individual character remained.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
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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