Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2019-08-29
R0953/2019-3
Contested design: 003862564-0001
Outcome
The Board takes note of the withdrawal of the invalidity application and declares both the invalidity and appeal proceedings closed.
Show verbatim operative text
Takes note of the withdrawal of the application for a declaration of invalidity and declares the invalidity and appeal proceedings closed.
CostsEach party bears its own costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Steven Madden Ltdvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
52-16 Barnett Avenue, Long Island City, New York 11104, United States of America
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
PUMA SEvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
PUMA Way 1, 91074 Herzogenaurach, Germany
Represented by
Maximilian Schunke
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder (PUMA SE) appealed the Invalidity Division's decision declaring RCD No 3 862 564-0001 (slippers) invalid for lack of individual character under Article 6 CDR.
- ›On 25 June and 1 July 2019, the invalidity applicant (Steven Madden Ltd) informed the Board that the parties had reached an amicable settlement and withdrew the invalidity application.
- ›With the withdrawal of the invalidity application the proceedings lost their purpose; the contested decision has no effect.
- ›No costs decision was required as the parties agreed to bear their own costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurG. Humphreys
- MemberH. Salmi
- RegistrarN. Granado Carpenter
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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