Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2019-09-20
R1109/2018-3
Contested design: 001615824-0008
Outcome
The Board takes note of the withdrawal of the invalidity application; declares the invalidity and appeal proceedings closed as without object; orders the invalidity applicant to bear the costs incurred by the design holder in both proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. Prend acte du retrait de la demande en nullité ; 2. Déclare que les procédures de nullité et de recours sont devenues sans objet et sont partant clôturées ; 3. Décide que la demanderesse en nullité supporte les frais encourus par la titulaire du modèle dans le cadre des deux procédures.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Holzwerke Ladenburger GmbH & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Freie Flur 3, 04643 Geithain, Allemagne
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
SIMONIN SASvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
22 ZA des Epinottes, 25500 MONTLEBON, France
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant (Holzwerke Ladenburger) challenged RCD No 1 615 824-0008 (wooden elements / facade cladding) under Article 25 CDR for non-compliance with Articles 4-9 CDR.
- ›The Invalidity Division rejected the invalidity application by decision of 19 April 2018 and ordered the applicant to bear costs; the applicant then appealed.
- ›On 9 August 2019 the invalidity applicant withdrew its invalidity application, rendering both the invalidity and appeal proceedings without object.
- ›The Board closed both proceedings and ordered the applicant to bear the holder's costs in accordance with Article 70(3) CDR.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurC. Rusconi
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |