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Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-01-07
R1011/2018-3
Contested design: 001431829-0004
CDRAppellant: holder
Outcome
Other
The appeal proceedings R 1011/2018-3 are suspended until the judgment in Case T-574/19 becomes final.
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Suspends the appeal proceedings R 1011/2018-3, 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 8
Argument summary
- ›The design holder appealed the Invalidity Division's decision declaring RCD No 1 431 829-0004 invalid for being solely dictated by technical function under Article 8(1) CDR.
- ›The invalidity applicant requested that the appeal be dismissed.
- ›The Board noted that a parallel General Court appeal (T-574/19) concerning the same product and same legal issue (Article 8(1) CDR) was pending, filed by the design holder against decision R 1002/2018-3.
- ›The Board suspended the present appeal proceedings pending a final judgment in Case T-574/19.
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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