Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-02
000116789
Contested design: 001763210-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 001763210-0002 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Przedsiębiorstwo Produkcyjno-Usługowe DRÓŻDŻ Ewa Dróżdżvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Kaszubska 41, 42202 Częstochowa, Polen
Holder · RCD owner
Albrecht Auto-Zubehör GmbH
Germany (DE)
Kochstr. 56, 47805 Krefeld, Deutschland
Represented by
Anna Korbela
Prior art cited (1)
earlier wheel-cover design allegedly created in 2009 by Andrzej Gruca for the DROŻDŻ business
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(f), claiming the contested wheel-cover design unlawfully used a Polish-copyright work created by its employee Andrzej Gruca.
- ›The holder denied the applicant owned any copyright, argued Bernhard Kummer created the design, disputed the applicable law, and also raised a language-timing objection to the filing.
- ›The Division found the translation defect had been cured in time but held the evidence did not reliably prove the applicant owned earlier copyright in the claimed wheel-cover work.
- ›Because the applicant failed to establish standing under Article 25(3), the copyright-based invalidity ground was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay costs.
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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