Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-05
000116788
Contested design: 000168034-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No 000168034-0001 is declared invalid; 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. 000168034-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Brigamo GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Waldstückerring 46a, 76756 Bellheim, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Bruder Spielwaren GmbH + Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Bernbacher Str. 96-98, 90768 Fürth, Deutschland
Prior art cited (1)
Feldhäcksler mit Vorsatzgerät
Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 000062807-0001 · Blatt für Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster · disclosed 2004-01-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD D1, a previously disclosed toy forage harvester design.
- ›The holder argued the contested design remained new and had individual character because D1 did not preclude registration.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as properly disclosed prior art and found the differences prevented identity, so the novelty attack failed.
- ›The Division found the overall impression remained the same for the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
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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