Invalidity · first instance · 2023-05-03
000120798
Contested design: 006621744-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community Design No 006621744-0001 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. 006621744-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Der Inhaber trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mit Feuer & Flamme OGvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Prebensdorf 142, 8211 Ilztal, Österreich
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Werner Brunner
Austria (AT)
Sigmarstraße 9, 3474 Altenwörth Austria
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
grill design shown in Facebook screenshots and a Messe Tulln press report
facebook.com/flaregril · facebook.com/flaregril; press report "Messe Tulln" · disclosed 2017-12-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity, arguing the contested grill design lacked novelty and individual character in light of earlier disclosed designs, especially D1.
- ›The holder opposed the application and requested rejection, but did not substantively disprove the alleged prior disclosure of D1.
- ›The Division accepted the Facebook screenshots and Messe Tulln press report as sufficient proof that D1 was publicly disclosed before the contested filing date.
- ›It found the compared grill designs created the same overall impression, so the contested RCD lacked individual character and had to be 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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