Invalidity · first instance · 2026-06-23
000129541
Contested design: 001102230-0005
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of EU design No 001102230-0005 is rejected; the applicant bears the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità del disegno o modello dell'UE registrato n. 001102230-0005 è respinta. 2. La richiedente sopporta l'onere delle spese del titolare, fissate a 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
BLS Basteln, Lernen, Spielen GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Forchtenberg, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Italtrike s.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Paderno del Grappa, Italy
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Véhicule jouet: autobus type 'Chausson' (toy vehicle/bus)
No 58572-001 · French designs bulletin (Bollettino dei disegni e modelli francesi) · disclosed 1958-05-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant challenged toy vehicle design (RCD 001102230-0005) for lack of individual character over French national design No 58572-001 ('Véhicule jouet: autobus type Chausson'), deposited 1953, published May 1958; argued wide designer freedom and that both designs share the same essential features, proportions, and overall impression.
- ›Holder contested the use of undated supplementary images of the prior design submitted by the applicant and argued the designs produce clearly different overall impressions due to differences in shape, proportions, structural configuration, and ornamental elements.
- ›Division accepted the 1958 bulletin as sufficient proof of disclosure but excluded undated additional images; noted the contested design registered in seven views while the prior art showed only one front view, so unshown features count as differences.
- ›Differences in body proportions (prior design considerably more elongated), T-handle thickness, number/decoration of windows (7 vs 4), wheel cover, and front/side decoration were sufficient to produce a different overall impression on the informed user; application rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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