Invalidity · first instance · 2022-06-08
000108242
Contested design: 000992078-0003
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity 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. 000992078-0003 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 its views disclosed different products rather than one design, contrary to Article 3(a).
- ›The holder replied that all images showed the same vacuum cleaner bag from different perspectives, including enlarged detail and sectional views.
- ›The Division found the views consistent and clearly linked, showing one product in assembled, filled, empty, enlarged, and sectional representations.
- ›The invalidity ground under Article 25(1)(a) failed, so the application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- 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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