Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-26
000117793
Contested design: 007371646-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007371646-0001 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, 510920 Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
rearview mirror
RCD No 001730391-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2010-07-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity because the contested rearview-mirror design lacked novelty and individual character in light of earlier designs, especially RCD No 001730391-0001.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found Article 25(1)(d) CDR inapplicable because the cited earlier RCD had been disclosed before, not after, the contested filing date.
- ›Comparing the designs under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, the Division held that their similarities in shape, proportions, and attachment features outweighed minor differences such as colour.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid in full, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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