Invalidity · first instance · 2024-08-16
000125317
Contested design: 015031901-0011
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0150319010011 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Novidion GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Fuggerstraße 30, 51149 Köln, Germany
Represented by
Rainer Buttron
Holder · RCD owner
Life Vac LLC
United States (US)
110 Lake Avenue South, Suite 35, Nesconset New York 11767, United States
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
LifeVac rescue mask offered for sale online
https://www.medplus24.de/livevac-home-kit · Internet Archive · disclosed 2022-01-29
LifeVac rescue mask website
https://lifevac.net · Internet Archive · disclosed 2019-08-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity because the contested rescue mask had already been disclosed online through LifeVac web pages before filing and therefore lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not rebut disclosure or the asserted similarities.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive screenshots as sufficient prior disclosure and found the informed user would receive the same overall impression despite a minor valve-like difference.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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