Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-19
000117252
Contested design: 008631550-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008631550-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Piaggio & C. S.P.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, 25, 56025 Pontedera (PI), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xinmin Liang
China (CN)
No. 39, Danya Road, Zeguo Town, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province 317523, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Maria Pastor Palomares
Prior art cited (2)
motorcycle design
Community design registration No 002192518-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-02-10
motorcycle shown in the Vespa Primavera 150 review article
www.rideapart.com - “Don’t Fear the Scooter- Vespa Primavera 150 review” · rideapart.com · disclosed 2015-01-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) CDR, arguing the contested scooter design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier disclosed designs.
- ›The applicant relied on earlier RCD No 002192518-0001 and a 6 January 2015 RideApart article showing the Vespa Primavera 150; it also cited an earlier invalidity decision as supportive context.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found both earlier designs were validly disclosed and that the contested design reproduced the same overall impression, with only minor differences such as the stand and rear crash bar.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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