Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-22
000118077
Contested design: 000910666-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 000910666-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Reach Surgical, INCvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
120 Xinxing Road, West Zone, TEDA Tianjin 300462, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Cilag GmbH Internationalvia PDF extraction
Switzerland (CH)
Gubelstrasse 34, 6300 Zug, Switzerland
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
handle for surgical instrument
United States design patent No D509,589 S · United States design patent · disclosed 2005-09-13
hand tools
Community design registration No 000526637-0002 · Office's design database · disclosed 2006-07-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier designs D1 and D2.
- ›The holder argued both prior designs created different appearances and that the informed user was a highly attentive trained medical practitioner.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 and D2 but found neither prior design identical to the contested design nor capable of producing the same overall impression.
- ›The invalidity grounds under Article 25(1)(b) CDR were not proven, so the application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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