Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-10-29
R0913/2018-3
Contested design: 001435499-0005
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 contested floor-profile design differed from the earlier design through its rounded forms, cut-out geometry, and other visible profile details.
- ›The invalidity applicant maintained that those differences were minor and that the designer had meaningful freedom in arranging the perforations and profile details.
- ›The Board found that the common structural appearance of the compared floor profiles predominates and that the differences relied on by the holder are insufficient to create a different overall impression from D1 for the informed user.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the holder was ordered to bear the costs of both the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
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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