Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2021-05-27
R1828/2019-3
Contested design: 001733239-0004
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the invalidity applicant must bear the costs of both the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Die Beschwerde wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten des Nichtigkeits- und des Beschwerdeverfahrens.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
SWITCHLAB INC.via PDF extraction
Taiwan (TW)
8F., No. 66, Zhongzheng Rd., Xinzhuang Dist., New Taipei City 24243, Taiwan
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Hansastr. 27, 32423 Minden, Germany
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
electrical connector
RCD No 1691577-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2010-04-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that the contested electrical connector was an invisible component of a complex product and lacked individual character over earlier RCD No 1691577-0001.
- ›The design holder argued that printed-circuit-board terminals may remain visible in normal use and that the earlier RCD was its own grace-period disclosure under Article 7(2) CDR.
- ›The Board held that the earlier registered design could not be used as prior art because its publication fell within the grace period protecting the holder’s own disclosures.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the invalidity applicant was ordered to bear the costs of both proceedings.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurE. Fink
- MemberC. Bartos
- Registrarp.o. R. Vidal
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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