Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2021-11-10
R1965/2020-3
Contested design: 006581245-0013
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the invalidity applicants are ordered to bear the holder's costs in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. rejette le recours; 2. condamne les demanderesses aux frais engagés par la titulaire aux fins des procédures de nullité et de recours.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dado Ceramica S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Sicilia 21, 40017 San Giovanni in Persiceto (Bologne), Italie
Represented by
Stefano Querzè
Holder · RCD owner
Italcer S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Emilia Ovest, 53/A, 42048 Rubiera (RE), Italie
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
Star-Gres 'Ferrara' tile
Ferrara marrone 33,3 x 33,3 · Star-Gres catalogue extracts, invoices and reseller declaration
Star-Gres 'Savona' tile
Savona beige 33,3 x 33,3 · Star-Gres catalogue extracts, invoices and reseller declaration
A tile
UK design No 1 051 901 · DesignView / United Kingdom · disclosed 1988-06-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicants argued that the contested tile design lacked novelty and individual character in light of the Star-Gres Ferrara and Savona tiles and UK design D4.
- ›The holder asked for dismissal of the appeal and maintained that the contested design created a different overall impression from the cited earlier designs.
- ›The Board accepted disclosure of UK design D4 and, on the record as a whole, disclosure of the Star-Gres Ferrara marrone and Savona beige models, while rejecting the rest of the claimed disclosures.
- ›Comparing the contested design with D4 and the disclosed Star-Gres models, the Board found clear differences in tessellation density, number of arc elements, colours and joint contrast, leading to a different overall impression.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the invalidity applicants were ordered to bear the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurC. Negro
- MemberM. Bra
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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