Invalidity · first instance · 2023-09-26
000119722
Contested design: 003305192-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the registered Community design No 003305192-0004 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. 003305192-0004 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
Kaufhaus Martin Stolz GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Markt 2-6, 23769 Fehmarn OT Burg, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Naketano GmbH
Germany (DE)
Alfredstraße 57-65, 45130 Essen, Deutschland
Prior art cited (1)
Scarf pattern with repeated anchor symbols
https://www.facebook.com/WholesaleLookbook/photos/a.545374612192075/689016207827914/ · Facebook · disclosed 2014-04-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier disclosed designs, including D1 shown on a Facebook page dated 21 April 2014.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure, invoked the 12-month grace period for some disclosures, and maintained that the contested design was new and had individual character.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Facebook page as sufficient internet disclosure of D1 before 13 July 2016 and outside the grace period, then assessed individual character only against D1.
- ›Because the repeated anchor motifs, spacing, background, and overall irregular arrangement created the same overall impression, the application was upheld and the contested design was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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