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Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-01-07
R1004/2018-3
Contested design: 001431829-0009
CDRAppellant: holder
Outcome
Other
The appeal proceedings are suspended pending the final judgment of the General Court in Case T-574/19.
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Suspends the appeal proceedings R 1004/2018-3, until the judgement in Case T-574/19 becomes final.
CostsNot specified
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
MYSTIC PRODUCTS IMPORT & EXPORT, SL
Spain (ES)
Carrer Guifre Nº 689, 08918 Badalona, Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Tinnus Enterprises, LLC
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 1 431 829-0009 (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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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