Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-07-23
R2906/2019-3
Contested design: 003562982-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the invalidity applicant is ordered to bear the design holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the invalidity applicant to bear the fees and costs incurred by the design holder.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
ZAKŁADY MIĘSNE SILESIAvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Opolska 22, 40-084 Katowice, Poland
Represented by
Iwona Góral
Holder · RCD owner
Grzegorz Wojdakvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Izabelińska 23a, 05-126 Aleksandrów, Poland
Prior art cited (5)
Smoked sausage
Polish industrial design Wp-7413 · Polish Patent Office · disclosed 2005-04-29
Czas na grill (Polish trade mark showing sausage)
R.289583 · Patent Office of the Republic of Poland · disclosed 2015-02-05
Grill star (Polish trade mark)
R.141412 · Patent Office of the Republic of Poland · disclosed 1999-05-25
Grill season is open (sausages image)
www.expressilustrowany.pl · www.expressilustrowany.pl · disclosed 2015-05-02
Grill sausage image
http://kotlet.tv · http://kotlet.tv
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant/appellant claimed the contested RCD (sausage with grill marks/cuts) lacked novelty and individual character over prior Polish design D1, trade mark D2, and various web disclosures; also argued that no product matching the contested RCD's appearance exists on the market, making novelty/individual character assessment impossible.
- ›Design holder argued differences in the designs were material, that many prior items were inadmissible or inadequately evidenced, and that the contested RCD showed unique cuts forming straight parallel lines distinct from the prior art.
- ›The Board confirmed disclosure for D1 and D2 only; rejected the argument that the RCD must correspond to an actual marketable product; found that the contested RCD (longer, thinner, distinct grill marks) produces a clearly different overall impression from D1 and D2, which are shorter, thicker, and more curved with different cut shapes.
- ›Appeal dismissed; contested decision confirmed; the contested RCD possesses individual character and is also novel a fortiori.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurC. Negro
- MemberA. Szanyi Felkl
- Registrarp.o. M. Chaleva
Decision files
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