Invalidity · first instance · 2025-02-24
000125987
Contested design: 001313878-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No. 001313878-0001 is declared invalid; 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. 001313878-0001 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-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 (1)
Images of locking washers on the Best on Bolt website, archived via the Wayback Machine
https://www.best-on-bolt.com/ · best-on-bolt.com via Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2011-02-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested locking washer lacked novelty and individual character and, as a component of a complex product, was only visible at its outer edge in normal use.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Invalidity Division rejected the complex-product visibility argument under Article 4(2) but accepted D1 as an internet disclosure made available before the filing date.
- ›Comparing D1 with the contested design, the Division found no different overall impression on the informed user and declared the contested RCD invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberThorsten ICKENROTH
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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