Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2021-01-21
R2486/2019-3
Contested design: 005135464-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed; the design holder must bear the invalidity applicant’s costs and fees, fixed at EUR 1,250 for the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
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1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the design holder to bear the costs and fees incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings. 3. Fixes the costs to be paid by the design holder to the invalidity applicant for the invalidity and the appeal proceedings at EUR 1 250.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €1,250
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
OTLAV S.P.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Angelo Padovan, 2, 31025 Santa Lucia Di Piave (TV), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Svenska Metallkompaniet ABvia PDF extraction
Sweden (SE)
Rallarvagen 23, SE-184 40 Akersberga, Sweden
Represented by
Prior art cited (9)
Danish patent application for “Bolthængsel” (bolt hinge)
146 696 B · Danish patent publication · disclosed 1983-04-28
Fiskars hinge design shown on archived website pages and catalogue page 30
http://www.fiskarssaranat.com / Fiskars catalogue 05/2001 · Fiskars catalogue and Internet Archive · disclosed 2001-05-01
Cemom Moatti hinge for wooden windows
192-00-00 A · Internet Archive and Cemom catalogue/brochure · disclosed 2006-11-24
TBM catalogue 2006 showing hinges on page 24
TBM catalogue and Internet Archive · disclosed 2006-01-01
Archived Herser Grupp website showing hinges
http://www.hersergrupp.eu · Internet Archive · disclosed 2012-04-23
Archived Lukuexpert website showing hinges
http://www.lukuexpert.ee · Internet Archive · disclosed 2013-10-19
Archived Fiskostar website showing hinges
http://www.fiskostar.ee · Internet Archive · disclosed 2014-03-27
Archived Martval website showing hinges
http://www.martval.ee · Internet Archive · disclosed 2016-07-30
OTLAV “NT 021” bolt hinge shown in OTLAV catalogues and archived website
NT 021 · OTLAV catalogues and Internet Archive · disclosed 2010-01-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›OTLAV attacked the contested window-fitting design for lack of novelty, relying on numerous earlier hinge disclosures, especially the Fiskars hinge shown in archived web pages and a 2001 catalogue.
- ›The design holder argued the designs differed in measurements, proportions, and details such as threaded portions, and contested the equivalence drawn by the Invalidity Division.
- ›The Board first held the Invalidity Division had wrongly decided the case on individual character although only novelty had been pleaded, but then exercised its own powers and reassessed the case on novelty.
- ›Comparing the contested RCD with the prior Fiskars hinge, the Board found them identical apart from at most immaterial details; the contested RCD therefore lacked novelty and the appeal was dismissed.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurA. Szanyi Felkl
- MemberH. Salmi
- RegistrarR. Vidal
Decision files
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| 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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