Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-26
000125796
Contested design: 015032577-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application against registered Community design No 015032577-0003 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 015032577-0003 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)
electrohydraulic actuator or thruster design shown in Annex A.1
EMG ELHY EB 120-40 · applicant page (Annex A.1)
ELDRO design shown in Annexes A.2 and A.3
EMG ELDRO Ed 12/4 · applicant page and brochure (Annexes A.2 and A.3)
ELDRO design shown in Annexes A.2 and A.3
applicant page and brochure (Annexes A.2 and A.3)
ELDRO design shown in Annexes A.2 and A.3
applicant page and brochure (Annexes A.2 and A.3)
ELDRO design shown in Annexes A.2 and A.3
applicant page and brochure (Annexes A.2 and A.3)
ELDRO design shown in Annexes A.2 and A.3
applicant page and brochure (Annexes A.2 and A.3)
ELDRO design shown in Annexes A.2 and A.3
applicant page and brochure (Annexes A.2 and A.3)
electrohydraulic thruster design shown in Annex A.4
EMG ELDROdynamic · applicant brochure (Annex A.4)
BUEL design from PINTSCH BUBENZER brochure
22-5 / 30-05 · PINTSCH BUBENZER brochure (Annex A.5)
BUEL design from DELLNER BUBENZER brochure
BL35-5 / BL600-8 · DELLNER BUBENZER brochure (Annex A.6)
Community design registration shown in Annex A.7
RCD No 003935147-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-05-19
Community design registration shown in Annex A.8
RCD No 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 prior designs D1 to D12 for electrohydraulic thrusters or actuators.
- ›The holder did not submit observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found disclosure was not proven for D1 to D10 and, comparing only disclosed prior designs D11 and D12, found significant shape, proportion and box-configuration differences.
- ›The application was rejected because the contested design retained individual character; the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
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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