Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-24
000130762
Contested design: 008772784-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity against EU design No 008772784-0001 is dismissed, and the applicant is ordered to pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se desestima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad del diseño de la UE registrado n.º 008772784-0001. 2. Se condena al solicitante a que sufrague las costas del titular, fijadas en 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Willem Albert de Witvia PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Schagen, Países Bajos
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Turisport, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Montmeló. Barcelona, España
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
signalling apparatus and device
RCD No 006312740-0002 · EUIPO eSearch database · disclosed 2019-03-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 006312740-0002, arguing the differences were only minor details.
- ›The holder filed no observations despite being invited to respond.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD, identified the informed user as a user of vehicle beacons, and found the designer's freedom relatively broad.
- ›It held the contested design created a different overall impression and was not identical to the earlier design, so the invalidity ground under Article 25(1)(b) failed.
- ›The invalidity application was dismissed and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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