Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-04
000118920
Contested design: 006954467-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 006954467-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mitavo GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Hofrat-Röhrer-Straße 14, 86161 Augsburg, Deutschland
Holder · RCD owner
Breuer & Schillings GbR
Germany (DE)
Adenauerstraße 20 (A2), 52146 Würselen, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
card holder
ASIN B00BGTMHPU · amazon.de · disclosed 2013-02-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on D1, an Amazon-disclosed earlier card holder design.
- ›The holder argued that late-filed additional materials were inadmissible, disclosure of the earlier designs was unproven, and the contested design differed especially in its opaque closed back.
- ›The Division excluded the later-submitted materials that introduced other prior designs, but accepted D1 as disclosed through the Amazon listing, ASIN, and pre-filing reviews.
- ›It found the shared front-side features dominated the overall impression, the back-side differences did not create individual character, and the contested design was declared invalid.
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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