Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-10-07
R0055/2022-3
Contested design: 007397146-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the design holder must bear the costs and fees incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
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1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the design holder to bear the costs and fees incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Concaver Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Wabcz, 60, 86-212 Stolno, Poland
Represented by
Michał Jędrzejewski
Holder · RCD owner
S Dizing S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Strada Principala, 557, 617106 Brusturi, Romania
Prior art cited (1)
wheel for vehicles / wheel rim design
RCD No 7 307 277-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin / Office register extract · disclosed 2019-12-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder argued on appeal that it had created and shown the wheel-rim design before the prior RCD was filed and that the earlier disclosure should be ignored under the grace-period or abuse exceptions.
- ›The invalidity applicant replied that the new evidence was late and insufficient and that the earlier registered RCD No 7 307 277-0001 had been properly disclosed before the contested filing date.
- ›The Board found that the holder had not proved an abuse or a qualifying disclosure exception and endorsed the first-instance view that the two wheel designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the invalidation of the contested RCD for lack of individual character was confirmed.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurS. Rizzo
- MemberH. Salmi
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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| 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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