Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-20
000124755
Contested design: 009061260-0004
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 009061260-0004 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
Association GYIvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
78, allée Primavera Centre Ubidoca 20837, 74370 Annecy, Frankreich
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Werner Volker Gumm
Germany (DE)
Diller Weg 12, 55489 Laufersweiler, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
logo shown on an archived website page
https://web.archive.org/web/20160802191636/http://www.labor-gumm.de/unternehmen/philosophie · Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) · disclosed 2016-08-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on an earlier public disclosure of the same logo.
- ›It filed an Internet Archive screenshot of the holder's website archived on 2 August 2016 showing the logo.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the disclosure evidence was unrebutted.
- ›The Division found the earlier logo had been made available to the public and was identical to the contested design, so novelty was lacking and invalidity succeeded.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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