Invalidity · first instance · 2024-04-19
000120938
Contested design: 009021397-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the proprietor must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Declares registered Community design No 009021397-0006 to be invalid. Orders the proprietor to bear the costs, which are fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Special es4Kids GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Kieferweg 9, 72581 Dettingen an ERMS, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
joboo GmbH
Germany (DE)
Siebenmorgenstraße 5, 70825 Korntal-Münchingen, Germany
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Community design No 004386324-0001 · EUIPO database · disclosed 2017-11-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on earlier Community design D1 and additional earlier designs and evidence.
- ›The proprietor argued that the contested design was novel and had individual character, and that the earlier designs cited did not prevent registration.
- ›The Division found D1 had been disclosed before filing through its EUIPO registration publication and treated the informed user as familiar with the relevant products.
- ›It held that the shared dome-and-circle configuration dominated over the base differences, so the contested design created no different overall impression from D1 and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberALVARO SOCMERINO
- 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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