Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-28
000118517
Contested design: 002686949-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; the contested Community design is declared invalid, and 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. 002686949-0001 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
Technische Universität Darmstadt Staatliche Materialprüfungsanstalt Darmstadt Fachgebiet und Institut für Werkstoffkunde
Germany (DE)
Grafenstr. 2, 64283 Darmstadt, Deutschland
Prior art cited (1)
website excerpts showing the 'MPA Darmstadt If W' logo on a blue rectangular background
https://web.archive.org/web/20051029205616/http://www.mpa-ifw.tu-darmstadt.de/ · Internet Archive Wayback Machine / mpa-ifw.tu-darmstadt.de · disclosed 2005-10-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on earlier web disclosures of D1 showing the same logo before the 22 April 2015 filing date.
- ›The holder was given an opportunity to comment on the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Wayback Machine website extracts as disclosure under Article 7 and found D1 publicly available before the contested design's filing date.
- ›Comparing the two designs directly, the Division found no perceptible differences, so the contested design lacked novelty and was declared invalid.
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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