Invalidity · first instance · 2023-05-04
000118324
Contested design: 007009303-0006
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. 007009303-0006 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
Gabor Shoes Aktiengesellschaftvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Joachim-Gabor-Platz 1, 83024 Rosenheim, Deutschland
Holder · RCD owner
Birkenstock IP GmbH
Germany (DE)
Burg Ockenfels, 53545 Linz am Rhein, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon.de webpage excerpt showing the prior footwear design
ASIN B01MR9LVOJ · amazon.de · disclosed 2017-01-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier disclosed designs including D1.
- ›The holder argued the contested design was new and had individual character, and that the earlier designs had not been validly disclosed.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as an internet disclosure before 11/10/2019 based on the Amazon listing date, ASIN, and pre-filing product reviews.
- ›Comparing D1 with the contested clog design, the Division found only minor differences and no different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld in full 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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