Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2021-05-10
R0440/2020-3
Contested design: 002724369-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the invalidity applicant is ordered to bear the design holder’s costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the invalidity applicant to bear the costs incurred by the design holder.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Consortium Menager Parisienvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
12 rue des Gravilliers, 75003 Paris, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
SNV Creations Inc.via PDF extraction
CA
1600 d'Iberville, St. Bruno J3V 4L7, Canada
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
scissors
Community design No 1 841 669-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2011-04-05
scissors
US D 484,378 S · USPTO · disclosed 2003-12-30
shellfish cutting and eating utensils
US 6,503,137 B2 · USPTO · disclosed 2003-01-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›On appeal, the invalidity applicant challenged only the rejection of its Article 8(1) claim, arguing that all relevant features of the shellfish scissors were solely dictated by technical function.
- ›The design holder argued that the layout and combination of the handles, crushing section, and blades were not purely functional and left room for design choice.
- ›The Board found that some features were technically driven, but the applicant had not shown that all features of appearance were chosen solely for technical reasons as Article 8(1) requires.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the invalidity applicant was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurC. Negro
- MemberC. Bartos
- Registrarp.o. R. Vidal
Decision files
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