Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-17
000119319
Contested design: 000105051-0001
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. 000105051-0001 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten des Inhabers, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Heinrich Sieber & Co. GmbH + Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Am Kraftwerk 5, 83435 Bad Reichenhall, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Dieter Achilles
Germany (DE)
Bahnhofstr. 141, 63263 Neu-Isenburg, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
utility model document
DE G 8201173 · DE · disclosed 1982-01-20
images of the bag from the website of Achilles Concept GmbH & Co. KG
website of Achilles Concept GmbH & Co. KG
patent document
US 4.871.100 · US · disclosed 1989-10-03
utility model document
DE 297 03 645 U 1 · DE · disclosed 1997-02-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested RCD did not show one clear design, mixed photographs and drawings improperly, and lacked novelty and individual character over earlier utility models, a patent, and website images.
- ›The holder replied that all views showed the same shopping-cart bag from different perspectives, the hook element was only a partial view, mixed visual formats were permissible, and the novelty challenge was not substantiated.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the six views consistently depicted one product, with figure 6 as a permissible partial view, so the design satisfied Article 3(a) and did not breach the representation requirements.
- ›The Division also held the novelty and individual-character ground unsubstantiated because the applicant did not link specific prior-art images to the contested design, so the invalidity application was rejected and costs awarded to 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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