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Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-02-01
R2060/2019-3
Contested design: 000699194-0001
CDRAppellant: applicant
Outcome
Appeal dismissed
The appeal is dismissed and the invalidity applicant must bear the costs of 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
XXXLutz KGvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Römerstrasse 39, 4600 Wels, Österreich
Holder · RCD owner
Franke Technology and Trademark Ltdvia PDF extraction
Switzerland (CH)
Sonnenbergstraße 9, 6052 Hergiswil, Schweiz
Legal grounds invoked
Article 25(1)(a)Article 3(a)Article 25(1)(b)Article 8(1)
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued both that the filing showed inconsistent views that did not relate to a single design under Article 3 CDR and that the visible features of the roll-up draining-mat/cutting-board design were solely technically dictated under Article 8(1) CDR.
- ›The design holder replied that all views depicted the same product from different angles and that the combination of rods, bands and profiling reflected aesthetic design choices rather than only technical necessity.
- ›The Board agreed with the holder that the mixed drawings and photo still coherently represented one design and that the applicant had not proved that all relevant features were exclusively technical.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the invalidity applicant was ordered to bear the costs of both instances.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurA. Szanyi Felkl
- MemberC. Bartos
- 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 ↗ |
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