Invalidity · first instance · 2024-04-17
000123220
Contested design: 005908761-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is granted; Community design No 5908761-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr.5908761-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 350 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yuhao Wangvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Calle de Alemania, 14, 2 izqda, Zaragoza, Spanien
Holder · RCD owner
FoodActive Germany e.K.via PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
An der Junkerei 48m, Wilhelmshaven, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Einlegesohlen
402017202338-0001 · Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt · disclosed 2017-10-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier designs, relying primarily on German design D1.
- ›The holder argued the contested insole design was new and had individual character and submitted examples from websites and packaging.
- ›The Division found D1 had been validly disclosed before the filing date and that both designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid in full with costs against the holder.
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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