Invalidity · first instance · 2025-01-21
000124718
Contested design: 001354252-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No. 001354252-0001 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. 001354252-0001 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
Association GYIvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
78, allée Primavera Centre Ubidoca 20837, 74370 Annecy, Frankreich
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
SOG®Systeme GmbH & Co. KG
Germany (DE)
In der Mark 2, 56332 Loef, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
SOG logo shown on archived website screenshots
http://www.sog-dahmann.de · Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2006-04-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty based on an identical earlier SOG logo disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the evidence was insufficiently specified and, in any event, the earlier logo was not identical to the contested design.
- ›The Division found the archived website screenshots adequately identified the earlier logo and proved public disclosure before the contested design's filing date.
- ›Comparing only the protected features, the Division found the designs differed only in negligible detail, so the contested design lacked novelty and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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