Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-26
000117792
Contested design: 007371612-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007371612-0002 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, 510920 Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
fitting for a rearview mirror
Community design registration No 002859116-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-11-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity based on prior RCD No 002859116-0001, arguing the contested rearview-mirror fitting copied its key features and lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found Article 25(1)(d) CDR inapplicable because the cited design had been published before the contested filing date, but accepted that same RCD as disclosed prior art under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Comparing the designs from the informed user's perspective, the Division held that the differences in bracket angle and color did not alter the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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