Invalidity · first instance · 2025-04-14
000127416
Contested design: 008756209-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008756209-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Südpfalzwerkstatt gGmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Jakobstraße 34, 76877 Offenbach, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Chengdu Xinxidian Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd
China (CN)
Sichuan, chengdu, jingjiang district, No. 396 Jingkang Road (Since No. 228), 610011 Chengdu, China
Represented by
Andrej Bukovnik
Prior art cited (1)
ice scraper
German registered design No 40302219-0001 · German Patent and Trade Mark Office designs database · disclosed 2003-07-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier German design No 40302219-0001 published before the contested filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the prior German design had been disclosed under Article 7 and considered designer freedom limited mainly to the functional scraper elements.
- ›It held the two ice scrapers produced the same overall impression despite minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
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