Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-22
000116708
Contested design: 006593588-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 006593588-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Beurer GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Söflinger Str. 218, 89077 Ulm Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
FOREO AB
Sweden (SE)
Karlavägen 41, 11434 Stockholm, Sweden
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Massage devices, Facial cleaners, Cosmetic skin treatment apparatus, Cosmetic devices, Vibromassage devices
Community design registration No 002211086-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2013-04-10
international patent application for a skin cleanser
PCT/IB2014/000530 · disclosed 2014-07-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 002211086-0001 and argued that the design's features were technically dictated in light of patent application PCT/IB2014/000530.
- ›The holder responded that the earlier design differed in shape and layout, the design belonged to a broader product line, disclosure had not been proven, and Article 8 CDR had not been properly invoked.
- ›The Division held that Article 8(1) CDR was properly raised but the patent material did not show that the contested design's appearance was solely dictated by technical function.
- ›It found the earlier RCD had been disclosed, but the compared designs created different overall impressions for the informed user because of several visible differences in shape, nub layout, controls, ribs, and proportions.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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