Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2021-05-25
R0288/2013-3
Contested design: 002046367-0004
Outcome
The invalidity and appeal proceedings are closed because the contested Community design was surrendered, and each party bears its own costs.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Das Nichtigkeits- und das Beschwerdeverfahren werden aufgrund des Verzichts auf das Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 2046367-0004 eingestellt; 2. Jede Partei trägt die ihr im Nichtigkeits- und Beschwerdeverfahren entstandenen Kosten selbst.
CostsEach party bears its own costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Tomasz Lisvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Kasztanowa 2 B, 05-510 Konstancin Jeziorna, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Agencja Wydawniczo-Reklamowa Wprost Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Domaniewska 39a, 02-672 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant appealed the rejection of his invalidity application against the contested logo design, invoking lack of novelty, lack of individual character, and unauthorised use of his copyrighted logo.
- ›The design holder requested dismissal of the appeal and the parties later agreed to repeated suspensions pending related national litigation.
- ›The holder surrendered the contested RCD before any merits ruling, and the surrender was recorded on 19 May 2021 as part of an amicable settlement.
- ›The Board closed both proceedings and ordered each party to bear its own costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurE. Fink
- MemberC. Bartos
- Registrarp.o. R. Vidal
Decision files
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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