Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2021-05-18
R2019/2020-3
Contested design: 007373626-0001
Outcome
The contested decision is annulled only as regards the fixing of costs, the appeal is otherwise dismissed, and the invalidity applicant must bear the design holder’s costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Annuls the contested decision with regard to the fixing of costs; 2. Dismisses the appeal for the remainder; 3. Orders the invalidity applicant to bear the costs incurred by the design holder in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Cutelarias Cristema, LDA.via PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Rua dos Lameiros, nº 577 e 605, 4805-619 Guimarães, Portugal
Represented by
Joana Jorge Cerqueira
Holder · RCD owner
Francisco do Carmo Silva Motavia PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Lugar do Largatal - Edifício do Montinho, 33, 2º dto., Caldas das Taipas, 4800-370 Guimarães, Portugal
Represented by
Vera Alves
Prior art cited (1)
meat chopping hatchet VA-6972 / 001203476
Invoices No 31/2014A, 24/2015, 16/2016 and No 3856; supporting declarations · Portuguese invoices and declarations submitted by the invalidity applicant · disclosed 2014-01-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that invoices, declarations, and related materials proved prior disclosure of a meat-chopping hatchet identical to the contested RCD before its filing date.
- ›The design holder filed no observations on appeal.
- ›The Board found the evidence insufficient to prove disclosure of a prior design under Article 7 CDR, because the declarations and images did not reliably establish the same design or a pre-filing public disclosure.
- ›The appeal was dismissed on the merits, although the Board annulled the first-instance fixing of costs because the design holder had never requested it.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurC. Negro
- MemberE. Fink
- Registrarp.o. R. Vidal
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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