Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-08-25
R1699/2021-3
Contested design: 007372958-0004
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
Mod. 2.2 ton Magnesio · undated catalog, invoices and internal comparison table · disclosed 2000-01-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant relied on the alleged earlier crucible model 'Mod. 2.2 ton Magnesio' and on visibility, technical-function and must-fit objections to the contested crucible design.
- ›The design holder disputed disclosure of the relied-on earlier designs and argued that the non-disclosure, visibility and technical-function objections all failed.
- ›The Board admitted late-filed materials but found that they still did not prove disclosure of the specific relied-on older designs before filing, and it also rejected the Article 4(2), Article 8(1) and Article 8(2) attacks.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and costs were awarded against 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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