Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-10-01
R2782/2019-3
Contested design: 005138757-0001
Outcome
The contested decision is annulled, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the invalidity applicant's costs in both instances.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Annuls the contested decision; 2. Declares the Community design No 5 138 757-0001 invalid; 3. Orders the design holder to bear the costs and fees incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mediashop GmbHvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Schneiderstraße 1, Top 1, 2620 Neunkirchen, Austria
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Walikexun Information Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Duhui xuan Room 2804, Shijihui Plaza, No.3018, Shennan Middle Rd, Huaqiang St North, Futian District, Shenzhen 518 031, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Ontel portable air conditioner design
RCD No 5 289 147-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-06-12
portable air conditioner marketed by Ontel
Arctic Air · Ontel/Mediashop marketing emails, website and trade-show evidence · disclosed 2018-03-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that the contested air-conditioner design was identical to Ontel's earlier Arctic Air product and lacked novelty under Article 5 CDR.
- ›The design holder filed no defence either before the Invalidity Division or on appeal.
- ›The Board found the combined email, website, Wayback Machine and trade-show evidence sufficient to prove disclosure of the prior design D2 before the filing date, and held the two designs identical in all relevant appearance features.
- ›The appeal was upheld, the first-instance rejection was annulled, and the contested RCD was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurH. Salmi
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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