Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2019-12-10
R1812/2019-3
Contested design: 002913012-0009
Outcome
The invalidity and appeal proceedings are closed following the withdrawal of the invalidity application; the costs arrangement agreed by the parties is noted.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Das Nichtigkeits- und das Beschwerdeverfahren werden aufgrund der Zurücknahme des Antrags auf Erklärung der Nichtigkeit eingestellt; 2. Die von den Parteien getroffene Kostenvereinbarung wird zur Kenntnis genommen.
CostsNot specified
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
B&L Bavendiek Lehmann Handelsgesellschaft mbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Rouen Kamp 20, 49439 Steinfeld, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
BLACKROLL AGvia PDF extraction
Switzerland (CH)
Hauptstraße 17, 8598 Bottighofen, Schweiz
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder (BLACKROLL AG) appealed the Invalidity Division's decision invalidating the contested RCD (sports equipment) for lack of novelty, seeking that the decision be set aside.
- ›On 12 November 2019, after the appeal and grounds had been filed, the invalidity applicant (B&L) withdrew the invalidity application.
- ›The Board found that the withdrawal of the invalidity application removed the legal basis for both the invalidity and appeal proceedings, so both must be closed; the first-instance invalidation decision does not become final.
- ›The proceedings are discontinued and the parties' costs arrangement is noted.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurM. Bra
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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