Invalidity · first instance · 2024-02-05
000122716
Contested design: 007771373-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design No 007771373-0001 is declared invalid, and the holders must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 007771373-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberinnen tragen die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Unideco Mobilya Sanayi ve Ticaretvia PDF extraction
Türkiye (TR)
Kazim Karabekir Mah. 6909/1. Sk. No:4/3, Izmir 35865 Türkei
Represented by
Katja Hafner
Holder · RCD owner
Toker Trading GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Steinbeisstr 16, 70736 Fellbach, Deutschland
Represented by
Andrej Bukovnik
Prior art cited (4)
older Turkish registered design for a drying rack
2018-06477 · DesignView · disclosed 2018-11-26
YouTube video showing a drying rack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_21a639tcvA · YouTube · disclosed 2012-10-04
YouTube video showing a drying rack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgJ8Rugxv88 · YouTube · disclosed 2015-11-04
YouTube video showing a drying rack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MRoZ0JGvm8 · YouTube · disclosed 2016-08-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier Turkish design and YouTube disclosures of the same drying-rack product.
- ›The holders were invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of Turkish design No 2018-06477 through DesignView before the filing date and treated the relevant product sector as drying racks with broad design freedom.
- ›It found the compared designs produced virtually the same overall impression, so Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b) was made out and the RCD was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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