Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-07
000116790
Contested design: 001763210-0003
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected; 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. 001763210-0003 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 by Andrzej Gruca and owned by the applicant
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(f), alleging the contested wheel-cover design unlawfully used a copyright-protected earlier work created in 2009 by its employee Andrzej Gruca.
- ›The holder argued EUIPO could not decide true ownership, disputed the applicant's copyright title and authorship claim, and said the design originated from Bernhard Kummer under German law.
- ›The Division found the applicant had not proven it owned the asserted copyright before the contested design's 4 October 2010 filing date; the submitted evidence was insufficient and largely non-independent.
- ›Because standing under Article 25(3) was not established, the Article 25(1)(f) ground failed and the invalidity application was rejected with costs against the applicant.
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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