Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-16
000123915
Contested design: 009100381-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 009100381-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009100381-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Tractive GmbHvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Poststraße 4, 4061 Pasching Austria
Represented by
Christof Strasser
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Juneo Technology Limited
China (CN)
304A, No.150, Liguang new industrial zone, Liguang community, Guanlan street, Longhua, Shenzhen China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
third-party online review showing the applicant's GPS tracker design
https://doggearreview.com/review/tractive/ · doggearreview.com · disclosed 2021-02-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested GPS animal tracker lacked individual character because a third-party web review had already disclosed the same overall design before the priority date.
- ›The holder replied that the cited article showed a different tracker version and that differences in front shape, buckle pattern, charging system, colours, dimensions, and proportions changed the overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the 7 February 2021 doggearreview.com article as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found the designer's freedom only partly constrained by attachment and durability requirements.
- ›It held that the shared semicircular body, rounded edges, clip arrangement, collar attachment shape, and two-tone appearance outweighed the differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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