Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-30
000117736
Contested design: 007801725-0007
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No 007801725-0007 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 007801725-0007 wird für nichtig erklärt.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Penta Shoes, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Polígono Cachapet, P-77, 03330 Crevillente (Alicante), Spanien
Holder · RCD owner
Birkenstock IP GmbH
Germany (DE)
Burg Ockenfels, 53545 Linz am Rhein, Deutschland
Prior art cited (1)
sandal
ASIN B012NN9BR4 · amazon.de · disclosed 2015-07-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested sandal design contained contradictory views and lacked novelty and individual character over earlier disclosures, including D1.
- ›The holder said the filing consistently showed one product, challenged whether the Amazon evidence proved prior disclosure, and maintained that the contested design created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing for D1 as a prior internet disclosure before the filing date and found the holder had not rebutted that disclosure.
- ›Comparing the protected features, the Division held that any differences were insufficient to change the overall impression on the informed user, so the design lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- 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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