Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2021-07-16
R1386/2020-3
Contested design: 002680827-0006
Outcome
The contested decision is set aside, the invalidity application is rejected, and the invalidity applicant must bear the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Die angefochtene Entscheidung wird aufgehoben. 2. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird zurückgewiesen. 3. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten des Nichtigkeits- und des Beschwerdeverfahrens.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
MUSIC Tribe Global Brands Ltd.via PDF extraction
VG
Trident Chambers, Wickhams Cay 1, 281 Waterfront Drive, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Adam Hall GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Adam-Hall-Str. 1, 61267 Neu-Anspach, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (5)
manual image of a compact portable array speaker system
Bose L1 Compact Portable Array System manual · Bose manual with ©2009 notice
C-RAY/8 Column Amplifier System image
www.monacor.co.uk · monacor.co.uk
ELEMENTS portable PA system image
https://hkaudi.com · hkaudi.com
HK Audio presents LUCAS Nano 300 image archived on the web
http://hkaudio.us · web.archive.org · disclosed 2015-02-08
EVOX J8 Active Two-Way Portable Array image
www.rfc.it · rfc.it
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder argued on appeal that ultra-compact column PA systems allow only limited design freedom and that the cited earlier speaker systems created a different overall impression for the informed user.
- ›The invalidity applicant maintained that the earlier speaker designs D1 to D5 already disclosed the same rounded base and column arrangement and that the differences identified by the holder were minor.
- ›The Board found that D1 and the other cited designs produced a different overall impression from the contested design, particularly in the structure of the base and the integration of the column, so the contested design retained individual character.
- ›The contested decision was set aside, the invalidity application was rejected, and costs were awarded against the invalidity applicant.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurE. Fink
- MemberA. Szanyi Felkl
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |