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Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-01-07
R1003/2018-3
Contested design: 001431829-0010
CDRAppellant: holder
Outcome
Other
The appeal proceedings are suspended pending the final judgment of the General Court in Case T-574/19.
Show verbatim operative text
Suspends the appeal proceedings R 1003/2018-3, until the judgement in Case T-574/19 becomes final.
CostsNot specified
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
MYSTIC PRODUCTS IMPORT & EXPORT, SLvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Carrer Guifre Nº 689, 08918 Badalona, Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Tinnus Enterprises, LLCvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
3429 18th Street, Plano Texas, United States (of America)
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Article 25(1)(b)Article 4(1)Article 8(1)Article 108
Argument summary
- ›The design holder (Tinnus) appealed the Invalidity Division's declaration of invalidity of RCD No 1 431 829-0010 (fluid distribution equipment) on the ground that its features are solely dictated by technical function under Article 8(1) CDR.
- ›The invalidity applicant (Mystic Products) requested that the appeal be dismissed.
- ›The Board noted that the General Court received an appeal in Case T-574/19 challenging the Board's earlier decision (R 1002/2018-3) declaring a related RCD (No 1 431 829-0001) invalid on the same Article 8(1) CDR grounds, involving the same product and same parties.
- ›The Board suspended the present appeal under Article 108 CDR read with Article 71(1)(a) EUTMDR, pending the final judgment in T-574/19 which will directly affect the outcome.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurG. Humphreys
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarR. Vidal
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 ↗ |
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