Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-26
000125777
Contested design: 015032577-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 015032577-0002 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
EMG Automation GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Industriestraße 1, 57482 Wenden, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jiangxi Huawu Brake Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No.26, Torch Road, High-Tech Industrial Park, Fengcheng City, Jiangxi Province, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Prior art cited (12)
EMG ELHY electrohydraulic thruster
EB 120-40 · applicant product page (Annex A.1)
EMG ELDRO electrohydraulic thruster
Ed 12/4 · applicant brochure (Annexes A.2-A.3)
EMG ELDRO electrohydraulic thruster design
applicant brochure (Annexes A.2-A.3)
EMG ELDRO electrohydraulic thruster design
applicant brochure (Annexes A.2-A.3)
EMG ELDRO electrohydraulic thruster design
applicant brochure (Annexes A.2-A.3)
EMG ELDRO electrohydraulic thruster design
applicant brochure (Annexes A.2-A.3)
EMG ELDRO electrohydraulic thruster design
applicant brochure (Annexes A.2-A.3)
EMG ELDROdynamic electrohydraulic thruster
applicant brochure (Annex A.4)
BUEL electrohydraulic thruster designs
22-5 / 30-05 · PINTSCH BUBENZER brochure (Annex A.5)
BUEL electrohydraulic thruster designs
BL35-5 / BL600-8 · DELLNER BUBENZER brochure (Annex A.6)
electrohydraulic thruster design
003935147-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-05-19
electrohydraulic thruster design
005612041-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-09-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on twelve earlier electrohydraulic thruster designs and arguing the contested design matched or closely resembled them.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division held that Annexes A.1 to A.6 did not prove disclosure of D1 to D10, but accepted disclosure of registered prior designs D11 and D12 from their Community Designs Bulletin publications.
- ›Comparing D11 and D12 with the contested design, the Division found significant differences in box integration, plates, corner shapes, symmetry, and proportions, so the contested design retained individual character and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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