Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-02
000119841
Contested design: 006189528-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Community design No. 006189528-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 006189528-0001 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
Body Attack Sports Nutrition GmbH & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Schnackenburgallee 217-223, 22525 Hamburg, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jörg Kannegießervia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Im Gewerbegebiet 7b, 26842 Ostrhauderfehn Germany
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
skull logo with captain's cap and pipe
submit.shutterstock.com · Shutterstock · disclosed 2018-06-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for a logo design, arguing lack of novelty and individual character over earlier disclosure D1.
- ›The holder filed no substantive observations and indicated that he did not intend to respond to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as disclosed online before the filing date and found broad designer freedom for logos.
- ›Despite minor differences, both designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs of EUR 750 were imposed on the holder.
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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