Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-01-12
R1870/2021-3
Contested design: 002274266-0002
Outcome
The Board notes the withdrawal of the invalidity application, closes the invalidity and appeal proceedings, and takes note of the parties' agreement on costs.
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1. Takes note of the withdrawal of the application for a declaration of invalidity; 2. Declares the invalidity and appeal proceedings closed; 3. Takes note of the agreement on costs concluded by the parties.
CostsNot specified
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Gerson Kramervia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Schulstrasse 22, 73568 Durlangen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Wanzhong Gongvia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via dei Costaroni n. 48, 00060 Belvedere Riano (Roma), Italy
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant had obtained a first-instance invalidation of the contested camera-case design for lack of individual character, after which the design holder appealed.
- ›Before the Board ruled on the merits, the invalidity applicant informed the Registry that the parties had reached an amicable settlement and withdrew the invalidity application; the design holder confirmed the settlement.
- ›The Board held that withdrawal of the invalidity application deprived both the invalidity and appeal proceedings of purpose and rendered the contested decision ineffective.
- ›It therefore closed both proceedings and merely took note of the parties' agreement on costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- MemberE. Fink
- MemberM. Bra
- Registrarp.o. R. Vidal
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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