Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-11-19
R1213/2019-3
Contested design: 001920810-0001
Outcome
The contested decision is annulled, the invalidity application is rejected, and the invalidity applicant must reimburse EUR 1,700 in costs.
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1. The contested decision is annulled. 2. Rejects the application for a declaration of invalidity. 3. Orders the applicant to bear the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings. 4. Fixes the amount of the costs to be reimbursed by the applicant to the proprietor for the invalidity and appeal proceedings at EUR 1,700.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €1,700
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Daniel Abartvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Schleppe Platz 6, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Hannes Lafnervia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Tulferberg 51, 6075 Tulfes, Austria
Represented by
Franz-Martin Orou
Prior art cited (1)
carafe with wooden ball closure ('Ypsilon + ZKugel')
Amazon ASIN B07258T5CN · amazon.de product listing printout
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The proprietor argued that the Amazon printout did not prove pre-filing disclosure because the ASIN and displayed 'listed since' date could be created or backdated after 2011.
- ›The invalidity applicant maintained that the Amazon listing, ASIN history and emails from Amazon proved the identical carafe had been offered since 1 May 2010.
- ›The Board found the proprietor's later Amazon correspondence and ASIN analysis more persuasive: the ASIN was created only in 2017 and the listing date shown on Amazon was editable and backdated.
- ›Because D1 did not prove disclosure of an identical earlier design before filing, the invalidity application failed; the appeal succeeded and the invalidity applicant was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurE. Fink
- MemberC. Bartos
- RegistrarP.O. M. Chaleva
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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