Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-02
000127295
Contested design: 008491161-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the registered EU design No 008491161-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragenes EU-Geschmacksmuster Nr. 008491161-0001 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
Stef Oerlemansvia PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Veghel, Niederlande
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Genesis Import GmbH
Germany (DE)
Schwarzach am Main, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Instagram post showing a camper body in four views
https://www.instagram.com/p/BoOQw74BITh/?img_index=1%C2%AC%C2%AC · Instagram account alucab_official · disclosed 2018-09-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty based on D1, an Instagram post from 27 September 2018 showing the same camper body design.
- ›The holder argued the cited post showed an earlier South African concept, not the protected European-market design, and denied effective disclosure to relevant circles.
- ›The Division found the Instagram publication sufficiently proven and publicly accessible, and held that the holder failed to rebut disclosure under Article 7.
- ›The compared designs were considered identical apart from at most immaterial details, so the contested design lacked novelty and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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