Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2021-09-23
R1771/2020-3
Contested design: 002733287-0002
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the invalidity applicant must 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
Maciej Stachlewski Przedsiębiorstwo Wielobranżowe "BUD-MASZ"via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
3 Maja 37, 95-083 Lutomiersk, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
BUDMAT Bogdan Więcekvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Otolińska 25, 09-407 Płock, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
roof tile / sheet roofing tile
United States patent application No 416 338 · United States patent publication · disclosed 1999-11-09
roofing tile / sheet roofing tile
United States patent application No 374 095 · United States patent publication · disclosed 1996-09-24
Chinese design registrations for roofing tiles
CN02361255X and CN96302647X · Chinese registration certificates / DesignView extracts
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that the contested sheet-roofing-tile design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier US patent drawings D1 and D2 and over two Chinese registrations.
- ›The design holder replied that the Chinese registrations had not been properly established, that the US disclosures were too remote from the relevant EU circles, and that the contested profile created a different overall impression in any event.
- ›The Board endorsed the first-instance view that the Chinese registrations could not be relied on, accepted D1 and D2 as the relevant prior art, and found visible differences in the cross-section, flat surfaces and separating elements that an informed user would notice despite the technical context.
- ›The appeal was dismissed because the contested RCD retained individual character and therefore novelty a fortiori.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurC. Negro
- MemberA. Szanyi Felkl
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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