Invalidity · first instance · 2022-06-08
000108241
Contested design: 000992078-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity against RCD No 000992078-0002 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 000992078-0002 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Green Label Manufacturing Europe Limitedvia PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
Flat/RM 1406 14F Loon Key Building, 267-275 Des Voeux Road, Central Hongkong, Sonderverwaltungszone Hongkong der Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Miele & Cie. KG
Germany (DE)
Schutzrechte/Verträge, Carl-Miele-Str. 29, 33332 Gütersloh, Deutschland
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested RCD was invalid because the seven views disclosed three different products rather than one design.
- ›The holder responded that all images showed the same vacuum cleaner bag from different perspectives, including enlarged, sectional, and partial views.
- ›The Division found the views consistently depicted one product, with figures 4 to 7 serving as enlarged, sectional, and partial views of the same closure mechanism.
- ›The invalidity ground under Article 25(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 3(a) CDR was not made out, so the application was rejected and costs awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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