Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-12
000120579
Contested design: 004363588-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application 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. 0043635880001 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Piaggio & C. S.P.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, 25, 56025 Pontedera (PI), Italien
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Lohia e-mobility GmbH
Germany (DE)
c/o Cormoran GmbH, Am Zirkus 2, 10117 Berlin, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
Motorroller "1954 L"
https://web.archive.org/web/20160912205408/http:/de-de.kumpanelectric.com/produkte/modell-1954l.html · Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2016-09-12
chinesisches Geschmacksmuster eines Motorrollers
CN301039048D · Chinese Intellectual Property Office database · disclosed 2009-10-14
online article on the Vespa Granturismo / VESPA GT motor scooter
https://www.motorbox.com/moto/moto-viste-e-provate/moto-primocontatto/vespa-granturismo · MotorBox website · disclosed 2003-03-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over prior designs D1, D2, and D3 for motor scooters.
- ›The holder argued the contested design remained new and individual, pointing to multiple visual differences from each cited prior design.
- ›The Division accepted that D1, D2, and D3 were properly disclosed before the filing date but found they were not identical to the contested design.
- ›It held the designer's freedom was average and the visual differences created a different overall impression, so individual character remained intact.
- ›The application was rejected in full and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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