Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-14
000116386
Contested design: 007776299-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community Design No 007776299-0001 is declared invalid; the holder must bear the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 007776299-0001 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
Lübbering Abrollsystemevia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Industriestraße 4, 33442 Herzebrock-Clarholz, Deutschland
Holder · RCD owner
Steppeler GmbH
Germany (DE)
Sundernstr.6, 33442 Herzebrock-Clarholz, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
older cable drum unwinder design shown in views 1 and 2
Facebook and YouTube · disclosed 2017-03-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over an older disclosed design, relying on internet evidence showing D1 before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the contested design was new and had individual character because of differences in color contrast, grip openings, ribbing, and side-panel contours.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted D1 as disclosed through Facebook and YouTube evidence and found broad designer freedom for cable drum unwinders.
- ›The Division held the differences did not alter the overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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