Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-27
000118537
Contested design: 002686949-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No 002686949-0002 is declared invalid; the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 002686949-0002 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
Technische Universität Darmstadt Staatliche Materialprüfungsanstalt Darmstadt Fachgebiet und Institut für Werkstoffkunde
Germany (DE)
Grafenstr. 2, 64283 Darmstadt, Deutschland
Prior art cited (1)
MPA Darmstadt CERT graphic symbol/logo shown in technical certificates authorising manufacturers to use the sign
Certificates dated 09/02/2006, 18/07/2012 and 12/04/2013 · Staatliche Materialprüfungsanstalt Darmstadt certificates · disclosed 2006-02-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty based on earlier disclosure D1, a logo/sign used in certificates issued since 2006.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the certificates proved disclosure of D1 before the contested design's filing date and found only immaterial differences between the compared signs.
- ›Because the contested design lacked novelty under Article 5(1)(b), the application was upheld and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
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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