Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-10-20
R2232/2019-3
Contested design: 002874644-0003
Outcome
The contested decision is annulled, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the design holder must bear the invalidity applicant's costs in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
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1. Annuls the contested decision; 2. Declares Community design No 2 874 644-0003 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
THEBEN AGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Hohenbergstraße 32, 72401 Haigerloch, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
WENZHOU ALION ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
NO.221 Weiershi Road, Yueqing Economic Development Zone, Yueqing, Wenzhou 325600, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
chronometer housing shown in Theben / Timeguard product catalogues
Termina TR 612 · Theben and Smiths Timeguard catalogues · disclosed 2000-02-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that the contested chronometer design lacked novelty and individual character over its earlier Termina TR 612 / TR 622 product line disclosed in catalogues from 2000 onwards.
- ›The design holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Board accepted supplementary catalogue evidence on appeal, found the prior design Termina TR 612 had been made available to the public from February 2000, and held that the sole difference in the transparent lid and visible buttons was insufficient to alter the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The appeal was upheld, the first-instance rejection annulled, and the contested RCD declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurH. Salmi
- MemberC. Bartos
- Registrarp.o. R. Vidal
Decision files
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| 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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