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Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2019-09-10
R0513/2018-3
Contested design: 003222504-0001
CDRAppellant: holder
Outcome
Appeal dismissed
The appeal is dismissed and the design holder is ordered to bear the invalidity applicant's costs in the appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders that the design holder bears the invalidity applicant's costs in the appeal proceedings.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
YADO s.r.o.via PDF extraction
SK
Pstruhárska 785/5, 972 51 Handlová, Slovakia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Dvectis CZ s.r.o.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Příkop 843/4, 60200 Brno, Czech Republic
Represented by
Jiřina Svojanovská
Prior art cited (1)
Registered RCD
Support pillows; published 28 January 2014
RCD 2371591-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-01-28
Legal grounds invoked
Article 4Article 5Article 6Article 7Article 25(1)(b)Article 56Article 57
Argument summary
- ›The design holder (Dvectis CZ) appealed the Invalidity Division's decision declaring RCD No 3 222 504-0001 (support pillows) invalid for lack of individual character, arguing the Invalidity Division incorrectly defined the product sector and informed user, and that the contested design's sidecuts and double stitching create a different overall impression.
- ›The invalidity applicant (YADO) maintained that the products are support pillows/cushions, the designer's freedom is broad, and the overall impression of the contested RCD (same shape and stitching pattern) matches the prior design RCD 2371591-0003.
- ›The Board endorsed the Invalidity Division's product definition and informed user, found that the designer's freedom is not substantially restricted, and confirmed that both essential features (shape and stitching) are replicated in the contested design; minor differences in sidecut depth and stitching dimensions do not alter the overall impression.
- ›The appeal is dismissed, invalidity confirmed, and the design holder is ordered to bear the applicant's appeal costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurC. Rusconi
- MemberH. Salmi
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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 ↗ |