Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-26
000125799
Contested design: 015032577-0004
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 015032577-0004 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 (13)
electrohydraulic thruster shown on an applicant page
EMG ELHY EB 120-40 · applicant page (Annex A.1)
ELDRO electrohydraulic thruster shown in Annexes A.2 and A.3
EMG ELDRO Ed 12/4 · applicant brochure/pages (Annexes A.2-A.3)
ELDRO design shown in Annexes A.2 and A.3
applicant brochure/pages (Annexes A.2-A.3)
ELDRO design shown in Annexes A.2 and A.3
applicant brochure/pages (Annexes A.2-A.3)
ELDRO design shown in Annexes A.2 and A.3
applicant brochure/pages (Annexes A.2-A.3)
ELDRO design shown in Annexes A.2 and A.3
applicant brochure/pages (Annexes A.2-A.3)
ELDRO design shown in Annexes A.2 and A.3
applicant brochure/pages (Annexes A.2-A.3)
electrohydraulic thruster shown in applicant brochure
EMG ELDROdynamic · applicant brochure (Annex A.4)
BUEL design shown in PINTSCH BUBENZER brochure
22-5 / 30-05 · PINTSCH BUBENZER brochure (Annex A.5)
BUEL design shown in DELLNER BUBENZER brochure
BL35-5 / BL600-8 · DELLNER BUBENZER brochure (Annex A.6)
electrohydraulic thruster
RCD No 003935147-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-05-19
electrohydraulic thruster
RCD No 003935147-0010 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-05-19
electrohydraulic thruster
RCD No 005612041-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-09-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant alleged lack of novelty and individual character, relying on designs D1 to D13 for electrohydraulic thrusters and claiming D1 and D2 destroyed novelty.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found Annexes A.1 to A.6 insufficient to prove disclosure of D1 to D10 before the priority date, but accepted published RCDs D11 to D13 as disclosed.
- ›Comparing D11 to D13 with the contested design, the Division found significant shape, rib, corner, plate and proportion differences creating different overall impressions.
- ›Because the contested design retained individual character, the invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
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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