Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-22
000118879
Contested design: 008413587-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 008413587-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Der Inhaber trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Alice Unipessoal, Ldavia PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Rua Fernando Oliveira Guimaraes nº 36, 4710-392 Braga, Portugal
Represented by
Joana Jorge Cerqueira
Holder · RCD owner
Michael Steininger
Austria (AT)
Maria-Theresia-Strasse 56, 4600 Wels, Österreich
Prior art cited (1)
Billardtische
RCD No 002132373-0001 · Blatt für Geschmacksmuster · disclosed 2010-02-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on earlier RCD D1 for billiard tables.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found D1 had been validly disclosed before the filing date and was sufficient evidence of prior disclosure under Article 7.
- ›It held the contested design created the same overall impression as D1, so it lacked individual character and had to be declared invalid.
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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