Invalidity · first instance · 2026-04-07
000129039
Contested design: 015087587-0010
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; registered EU design No. 015087587-0010 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene EU-Geschmacksmuster Nr. 015087587-0010 wird für nichtig erklärt. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mercedes-Benz Group AGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Stuttgart, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Robu Aktiengesellschaft
Switzerland (CH)
Appenzell, Schweiz
Represented by
Jochen Herrmann
Prior art cited (2)
Mercedes-Maybach S-Class passenger car design shown in a press kit
https://media.mercedes-benz.com/en/press-kit/846ee20d-5879-4e01-82f3-391785dd36f0 · Mercedes-Benz media website press kit · disclosed 2020-11-19
EU trademark No. 14 921 027
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier disclosures, and also invoked its earlier EU trademark rights.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure, argued the contested car design created a different overall impression, and requested amended maintenance without the claimed logo.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as a public web disclosure from 19 November 2020 and found market saturation was unproven despite functional and regulatory constraints on car design.
- ›Comparing the visible features, the Division held the contested design produced no different overall impression from D1, so the design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvo TSENKOV
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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