Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-14
000125401
Contested design: 008055321-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 008055321-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 008055321-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Markencompany Horn & Hauer GbRvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Holzwiesenweg 21, 93053 Regensburg, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Enrique Michael Schinkel
CY
Anaritas 3, 8570 Peyia, Zypern
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Rasenrakel / Level Rake
https://risisani.de/rasenrakel-level-rake-nun-auch-in-deutschland-erhaeltlich/ · Risani website, Germany · disclosed 2019-11-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier disclosures predating the contested RCD's filing date.
- ›The applicant relied in particular on D1, a Risani website post published on 2019-11-18 showing a lawn leveling rake.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as a public internet disclosure and found the contested design created no different overall impression from D1 for the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested RCD was declared invalid; the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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