Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2018-10-29
R1578/2012-3
Contested design: 000564240-0003
Outcome
1. The invalidity and appeal proceedings are closed due to the holder's surrender of the contested Community design. 2. Each party bears its own costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Das Nichtigkeits- und das Beschwerdeverfahren werden aufgrund des Verzichts auf das angegriffene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster eingestellt. 2. Jede Partei trägt ihre eigenen Kosten des Nichtigkeits- und des Beschwerdeverfahrens.
CostsEach party bears its own costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
CROWN HELLAS CAN SAvia PDF extraction
GR
57 Ethnikis Antistaseos Str., GR-152 31 Halandri, Athen, Griechenland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ball Beverage Packaging Europe Limitedvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
100 Capability Green, Luton LU1 3LG, Vereinigtes Königreich
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant (Crown Hellas Can SA) filed for invalidity of RCD No. 564240-0003 (beverage cans) on grounds of lack of novelty and individual character under Article 25(1)(b) GGV in conjunction with Articles 5 and 6.
- ›The Invalidity Division rejected the application on 2.07.2012 and ordered the applicant to bear costs; applicant appealed in time.
- ›Proceedings were suspended pending parallel court case T-9/15; after that judgment, parties sought further suspension for settlement negotiations.
- ›On 22.10.2018, parties jointly declared that the holder surrendered the contested RCD and agreed on costs, making a costs decision unnecessary.
- ›The Board closed both the invalidity and appeal proceedings due to the surrender; each party bears its own costs pursuant to the parties' agreement.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurE. Fink
- MemberC. Rusconi
- RegistrarI. Romero Conrad
Decision files
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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