Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-26
000117654
Contested design: 000350319-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No 000350319-0001 is declared invalid; and the holder must bear the applicant's costs, fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 000350319-0001. 3. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yasunimotor, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
c. Industria, 103, Polígono Industrial Ca'n Castells, 08420 Canovelles, España
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Juan Costa Pujadas
Spain (ES)
Corominas, 4, 08480 L'Ametlla del Valles (Barcelona), España
Represented by
Prior art cited (12)
Scanned magazine issue cited by the applicant.
MOTOCICLISMO SCOOTER MANÍA, agosto de 2001 · MOTOCICLISMO SCOOTER MANÍA · disclosed 2001-08-01
Web page extract concerning a Suzuki Burgman 400 (2006).
www.netsubasta.com/vehiculos/suzuki-burgman-400-2006-31353 · netsubasta.com · disclosed 2022-01-12
United States patent cited by the applicant.
US patent No. 3,709,052 · United States · disclosed 1973-01-01
French patent cited by the applicant.
French patent No. 2 664 012 · France · disclosed 1995-01-01
Video showing disassembly and assembly stages of the holder's speed variator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKYNYISjNV4 · YouTube · disclosed 2013-11-23
Video showing disassembly and assembly stages of the AK 550 speed variator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewgQW5BoJfM · YouTube · disclosed 2020-01-12
Video showing disassembly and assembly stages of the Yamaha T Max 530 speed variator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c24zp9Cv2ag · YouTube · disclosed 2018-07-02
Video showing the functioning of a motorcycle speed variator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtlbbCyxeyA · YouTube · disclosed 2015-03-18
Video on fitting a conical-plate variator marketed by the holder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?=W8BMGsW1IuU · YouTube
Video titled VARIADOR JCOSTA EVO SUPERDINK 125.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?=VY8i6TU9Wvl · YouTube · disclosed 2012-03-04
Web page showing a 1975 Mobylette.
https://www.todocoleccion.net/motos-clasicas/mobylette-1975~x38831920 · todocoleccion.net
Web page extract cited by the applicant.
http://galerie.competition50cc.info/displaymage.php?album=201&pid=2682 · competition50cc.info
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested motorcycle speed variator was not visible in normal use once incorporated into a motorcycle and that its features were dictated exclusively by technical function.
- ›The holder invoked res judicata from an earlier EUIPO invalidity case, maintained that the variator was visible in some mounted configurations, and denied that the exterior shape was exclusively functional.
- ›The Invalidity Division rejected the res judicata objection, found the earlier Office decision non-binding, and held that the evidence did not show the variator clearly visible during normal use of the complex product.
- ›The application succeeded under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 4(2) CDR, so the Division declared the contested RCD invalid and did not examine the remaining grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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