Invalidity · first instance · 2024-09-13
000123737
Contested design: 008835466-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008835466-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
ABT Sportsline GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Johann-Abt-Straße 2, 87437 Kempten, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Arceo Gmbh
Germany (DE)
Kreisstr 22, 45525 Hattingen Germany
Represented by
Omer Salvarcioglu
Prior art cited (1)
rims for vehicle wheels
DM/094 970 (001) · International Designs Bulletin No 32/2017 · disclosed 2017-08-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying chiefly on earlier international design DM/094 970 for vehicle wheel rims.
- ›The holder argued that several rim features differed, including the flange edge, spoke clearances, spoke shape, concavity, and transitions near the bolt circle.
- ›The Division found the earlier design was disclosed before the filing date and that the designer's freedom for wheel rims, beyond technical constraints, remained broad.
- ›Comparing the overall impressions, the Division held the differences were minor and the contested design lacked individual character, so invalidity was granted.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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