Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-26
000117735
Contested design: 007371653-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007371653-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Paaschburg & Wunderlich GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Am Alten Lokschuppen 10a, 21509 Glinde, Germany
Represented by
Olaf E. Wirth
Holder · RCD owner
Guangzhou Xiangtai Vehicle Industry Co, LTDvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
C Workshop Dafutian Chengjiao Street Conghua, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, 510920, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
rearview mirror
RCD No 001730391-0001 · EUIPO Registered Community design publication · disclosed 2010-07-12
rearview mirror
RCD No 002859116-0001 · EUIPO Registered Community design publication · disclosed 2015-11-13
Paaschburg & Wunderlich catalogue excerpts showing a rearview mirror
Paaschburg & Wunderlich catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity of the contested rearview-mirror design, relying mainly on earlier RCDs and catalogue evidence and arguing that key shape and bracket features had been copied.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found Article 25(1)(d) CDR inapplicable because the cited registered designs had been published before the contested design filing date.
- ›The Division accepted the catalogue evidence as proving prior disclosure and held that the contested and earlier designs created the same overall impression despite minor bracket and colour differences.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was invalidated for lack of individual character, and the holder was ordered to bear the costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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