Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-10-29
R0914/2018-3
Contested design: 001435499-0006
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 had a distinct appearance because of its cut-out shapes, profile contours, and construction details visible to the informed user.
- ›The invalidity applicant replied that such differences were technically driven or minor and did not alter the overall appearance of the visible profile after installation.
- ›The Board agreed with the Invalidity Division that the similarities dominate and that the differences invoked by the holder are too slight to change the overall impression, in particular in comparison with D2.
- ›The appeal therefore failed and the holder was ordered to bear the costs of 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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