Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-05-04
R0338/2021-3
Contested design: 006277935-0003
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the design holder must bear the invalidity applicant's costs.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Desestimar el recurso. 2. Ordenar que la titular sufrague las costas de la solicitante de nulidad.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
COLOM BAKERY EQUIPMENT, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Avenida Enrique Gimeno, 100, 12006 Castellón, España
Represented by
Ana Otero Iglesias
Holder · RCD owner
CIBERNÉTICA PARA LA PANIFICACIÓN, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Camino Els Lladres, 4 y 6, 12550 Almassora (Castellón), España
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Earlier bread-making / weighing-divider machine
PANORAMA PANADERO and PASTRY REVOLUTION magazines; corroborated by YouTube videos
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant relied on earlier disclosures of a bread-making/weighing-divider machine and argued that the contested RCD lacked novelty and individual character because the same machine had long been marketed.
- ›The design holder challenged the proof of disclosure and argued that the machine shown in the cited materials was not clearly identifiable or differed in relevant details from the registered design.
- ›The Board found that the earlier machine D1 had been sufficiently disclosed through Spanish trade magazines and corroborating YouTube videos and that the contested design reproduced the earlier machine's essential arbitrary appearance, producing the same overall impression.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the invalidation for lack of individual character was upheld.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurS. Rizzo
- MemberH. Salmi
- Registrarp.o. E. Apaolaza
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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