Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-19
000117253
Contested design: 008653588-0001
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 008653588-0001 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
Min Chen
China (CN)
No.915 Gaoqiao Area before Hongjia Street, Jiaojiang District, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, Taizhou City, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Maria Pastor Palomares
Prior art cited (2)
motorcycle design
registered Community design No 0021925180001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-02-10
article 'Don't Fear the Scooter- Vespa Primavera 150 review' with images of a motorcycle
www.rideapart.com · www.rideapart.com · disclosed 2015-01-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested scooter design lacked novelty and individual character in light of two earlier disclosed designs, including an earlier RCD and a 2015 web article showing a Vespa Primavera 150.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Invalidity Division found both earlier designs had been validly disclosed before the filing date and compared the contested design first with the web-disclosed Vespa scooter.
- ›The Division held that differences in lights, shield details, and colours did not change the overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in 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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