Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-03
000114321
Contested design: 002148726-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity against registered Community design No 002148726-0001 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. 002148726-0001 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
Wintersteiger AGvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
J.-M. Dimmelstraße 9, 4910 Ried im Innkreis, Österreich
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Lenz Ges.m.b.Hvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Staudachstr. 3, 6858 Schwarzach/Vorarlberg, Österreich
Represented by
Prior art cited (28)
Knopfleisten für Kleidungstücke mit Druckknopfhälften
40207716-0001 · German design register · disclosed 2003-02-10
Knopfleisten für Kleidungstücke mit Druckknopfhälften
40207716-0002 · German design register · disclosed 2003-02-10
Knopfleisten für Kleidungstücke mit Druckknopfhälften
40207716-0003 · German design register · disclosed 2003-02-10
Knopfleisten für Kleidungstücke mit Druckknopfhälften
40207716-0004 · German design register · disclosed 2003-02-10
Knopfleisten für Kleidungstücke mit Druckknopfhälften
40207716-0005 · German design register · disclosed 2003-02-10
Knopfleisten für Kleidungstücke mit Druckknopfhälften
40207716-0006 · German design register · disclosed 2003-02-10
Knopfleisten für Kleidungstücke mit Druckknopfhälften
40207716-0007 · German design register · disclosed 2003-02-10
French design registration extract
013338-0001 · French design register · disclosed 2001-08-31
French design registration extract
025387-001 · French design register · disclosed 2003-02-14
French design registration extract
025387-002 · French design register · disclosed 2003-02-14
French design registration extract
025387-003 · French design register · disclosed 2003-02-14
French design registration extract
025387-004 · French design register · disclosed 2003-02-14
French design registration extract
025387-005 · French design register · disclosed 2003-02-14
French design registration extract
025387-006 · French design register · disclosed 2003-02-14
French design registration extract
025387-007 · French design register · disclosed 2003-02-14
Italian design registration extract
2001TOO000169-0001 · Italian design register · disclosed 2001-03-15
Italian design registration extract
2001TOO000169-0002 · Italian design register · disclosed 2001-03-15
Italian design registration extract
2001TOO000169-0003 · Italian design register · disclosed 2001-03-15
Italian design registration extract
2001TOO000169-0005 · Italian design register · disclosed 2001-03-15
Italian design registration extract
2001TOO000169-0006 · Italian design register · disclosed 2001-03-15
Italian design registration extract
2001TOO000169-0007 · Italian design register · disclosed 2001-03-15
Druckknöpfe; Gurte für Bekleidungsstücke; Verzierungen für Feinlederwaren
001250088-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2011-03-07
website extract showing an earlier design
www.instructables.com · www.instructables.com · disclosed 2019-11-28
Amazon webshop product listing
ASIN BOOG99ZBNM · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-08-14
YouTube video showing an earlier design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDbbWMzbZZc · YouTube · disclosed 2011-02-18
US design patent
D473.158 · USPTO · disclosed 2003-04-15
US design patent
D481.654 · USPTO · disclosed 2003-11-04
US design patent
D489.292 · USPTO · disclosed 2004-05-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, invisibility as a component part, technical-function and must-fit exclusions, and conflict with public policy based on care-label elements.
- ›The holder argued the design was new and had individual character, remained visible in use, was not dictated exclusively by technical function or must-fit requirements, and did not offend public policy or morality.
- ›The Division found the contested design remained visible during intended use, left sufficient design freedom, and was not shown to be exclusively technical or mechanically necessary in its exact form and dimensions.
- ›It accepted disclosure of D1-D22 and D24-D28 but rejected D23 as undated or post-dating the filing, then found none of the accepted prior designs produced identity or the same overall impression.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's fixed representation costs of EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- 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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