Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-10-29
R0912/2018-3
Contested design: 001435499-0002
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the holder must bear the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Die Beschwerde wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Der Inhaber trägt die Kosten des Nichtigkeits- und des Beschwerde- verfahrens.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Küberit Profile Systems GmbH & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Römerweg 9, 58513 Lüdenscheid, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Georg Sondermannvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Biggeseestr. 20a, 57489 Drolshagen, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Fußbodenschienen
Deutsches Design Nr. 40200327-0001 · Designblatt des Deutschen Patent- und Markenamts · disclosed 2002-06-25
Fußbodenschienen
Deutsches Design Nr. 40200327-0002 · Designblatt des Deutschen Patent- und Markenamts · disclosed 2002-06-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder argued that the Invalidity Division underestimated the effect of the profile’s cut-out shapes, proportions, and mounting features, which allegedly gave the contested design a different overall impression from the earlier floor-profile designs.
- ›The invalidity applicant replied that the designer’s freedom in the shape of the cut-outs was not materially constrained and that the base profile is largely hidden after installation.
- ›The Board confirmed that the common structural features dominate and that the differences in cut-outs, holes, and proportions are too slight to alter the informed user’s overall impression when compared with the earlier cited designs, in particular D2.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the holder was ordered to bear the costs of both instances.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurE. Fink
- MemberA. Szanyi Felkl
- Registrarp.o. R. Vidal
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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