Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-08-25
R1654/2021-3
Contested design: 007737143-0004
Outcome
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 Beschwerdeverfahrens.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Musto Et Bureau Srlvia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Molise, 26/28, 40024 Osteria Grande (BO), Italien
Represented by
Francesco de Sanzuane
Holder · RCD owner
Rauch Furnace Technology GmbHvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Fichtenweg 3, 4810 Gmunden, Österreich
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
crucible
Model 600 kg mg Riciclaggio · internal comparison table, catalog, invoice and technical drawing · disclosed 2007-07-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant attacked the crucible design using the alleged earlier model 'Model 600 kg mg Riciclaggio' and also relied on invisibility, technical-function and must-fit objections.
- ›The design holder argued that the cited earlier model had not been properly disclosed before filing and that the Article 4(2), Article 8(1) and Article 8(2) objections were unsupported.
- ›The Board admitted supplementary evidence but held that the relied-on older model and related images were not proven to have been disclosed before the filing date, and it also rejected the visibility and technical-function attacks.
- ›The appeal failed in full and costs were shifted to the applicant.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurA. Pohlmann
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
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 ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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