Invalidity · first instance · 2023-08-01
000121098
Contested design: 008484539-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design No. 008484539-0001 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. 008484539-0001 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
Plan M GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Viktoriastr. 26-28, 45468 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Göran Packwitz
Germany (DE)
Nordersteinstr. 32, 27474 Cuxhaven, Deutschland
Represented by
Claus Simandi
Prior art cited (1)
Elektroroller UCARVER (older design shown in the product brochure; Carbon version examined first)
https://issuu.com/researchtub/docs/mi_produktfolder_datenblatt_ucarve · issuu.com · disclosed 2015-06-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing the contested electric scooter copied earlier UCARVER scooter disclosures.
- ›The applicant relied in particular on a UCARVER manual and issuu.com product-brochure screenshots; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the issuu brochure as sufficient pre-filing disclosure by 2 June 2015 and treated designer freedom for electric scooters as average.
- ›Despite minor detail differences, both designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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