Invalidity · first instance · 2025-04-29
000127996
Contested design: 008191373-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No 008191373-0001 is declared invalid; the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 008191373-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hammerbacher GmbH
Germany (DE)
Daimlerstraße 4+6, 92318 Neumarkt, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
mute-labs GmbH
Germany (DE)
Torstraße 164, 10115 Berlin, Deutschland
Prior art cited (1)
telephone booth / cabin shown in public Facebook posts
https://www.facebook.com/mutelabs · public Facebook account of mute-labs · disclosed 2019-04-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty based on D1, an earlier identical mute-labs telephone booth disclosed in public Facebook posts before the filing date.
- ›Because the holder had surrendered the RCD after the invalidity filing, the applicant also argued it retained a legal interest due to pending German injunction litigation and possible damages exposure.
- ›The holder filed no observations. The Division accepted the litigation documents as proof of legal interest and the Facebook printouts as sufficient prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Finding no discernible differences between D1 and the contested design beyond immaterial details, the Division held the RCD lacked novelty and declared it invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberThorsten ICKENROTH
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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