Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-27
000118398
Contested design: 007425681-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is granted, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 007425681-0001 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
Intellectual Property MTÜvia PDF extraction
EE
Tartu mnt 67/1-13b, 10115 Tallinn, Estland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Nautic Yachting
Germany (DE)
Akademiestraße 3, 40213 Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Prior art cited (1)
NAUTIC YACHTING logo shown on archived website pages
https://web.archive.org/web/20141219071205/http://www.nautic-yachting.com/de/home · Wayback Machine / nautic-yachting.com · disclosed 2014-12-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier disclosed design, D1.
- ›It relied on archived website extracts showing the same NAUTIC YACHTING logo before the contested design filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found D1 had been validly disclosed online and that the compared designs did not differ in any perceptible way.
- ›The application was upheld on lack of novelty, so the Division did not examine individual character separately.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- 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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