Invalidity · first instance · 2025-02-24
000125957
Contested design: 001313878-0005
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, Community design No 001313878-0005 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 001313878-0005 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 350 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Matthias Josef Wintervia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Wilhelm-Theodor-Roemheld-Str. 14, 55130 Mainz, Deutschland
Holder · RCD owner
Best on Bolt GmbH
Austria (AT)
Neumarkt im Tauchental 137, 7461 Neumarkt im Tauchental, Österreich
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
website images showing wedge-lock washers / locking washers
https://www.best-on-bolt.com/ · Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2011-02-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested locking washer lacked novelty and individual character and, as a component of a complex product, failed the visibility conditions under Article 4(2).
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division rejected the complex-product visibility argument because the washer was not shown to be designed for a specific complex product.
- ›Relying on D1, a 3 February 2011 archived website disclosure, the Division found the contested design created the same overall impression and lacked individual character, so it was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberThorsten ICKENROTH
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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