Invalidity · first instance · 2025-02-24
000125983
Contested design: 001313878-0006
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 001313878-0006 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Der Antragsteller trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Matthias Josef Wintervia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Wilhelm-Theodor-Römheld-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 (4)
photographic images of ring lock washers
https://www.best-on-bolt.com/ (archived via web.archive.org on 2011-02-03) · best-on-bolt.com / Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2011-02-03
photographic images of ring lock washers
https://www.best-on-bolt.com/ (archived via web.archive.org on 2011-02-03) · best-on-bolt.com / Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2011-02-03
CAD depiction of a ring lock washer
https://www.best-on-bolt.com/ (archived via web.archive.org on 2011-02-03) · best-on-bolt.com / Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2011-02-03
CAD depiction of a ring lock washer
https://www.best-on-bolt.com/ (archived via web.archive.org on 2011-02-03) · best-on-bolt.com / Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2011-02-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested ring lock washer was a component of a complex product, visible only at its outer edge in normal use, and lacked novelty and individual character over D1 to D4.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the applicant had not shown the design was specifically intended as a component of a particular complex product, so Article 4(2) did not apply.
- ›It accepted D1 to D4 as disclosed on the archived website but held their slanted notches, ring shape, and proportions created different overall impressions, so novelty and individual character remained.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberSven Thorsten ICKENROTH
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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