Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-03
000118898
Contested design: 002912014-0022
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 002912014-0022 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
RZB Rudolf Zimmermann, Bamberg GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Rheinstr. 16, 96052 Bamberg, Deutschland
Holder · RCD owner
Bega Gantenbrink-Leuchten KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Hennenbusch, 58708 Menden, Deutschland
Prior art cited (1)
Leuchten
002688291-0004 · EUIPO Online-Register / Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusterblatt · disclosed 2015-04-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested lighting design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier disclosed designs, relying in particular on earlier RCD D1.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted D1's publication in the Community Designs Bulletin as disclosure and found the compared lamps produced the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character.
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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