Invalidity · first instance · 2023-08-01
000121118
Contested design: 008470249-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No 008470249-0001 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. 008470249-0001 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 (2)
Electronic instruction manual for the 'E-Roller UCARVER' showing a foldable electric scooter in aluminium and carbon versions
disclosed 2014-09-09
Issuu product sheet for the 'UCARVER' electric scooter showing the same older designs
https://issuu.com/researchtub/docs/mi_produktfolder_datenblatt_ucarver · issuu.com · disclosed 2015-06-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested electric scooter design lacked novelty and individual character because it reproduced earlier disclosed UCARVER electric scooter designs.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Issuu product-sheet screenshots, read with the manual, as proof that the earlier UCARVER design had been publicly disclosed by 2 June 2015.
- ›Comparing the designs from the perspective of the informed user, the Division found only minor differences and the same overall impression, 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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