Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-11-14
R1285/2021-3
Contested design: 005321494-0014
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the design holder must bear the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Die Beschwerde wird zurueckgewiesen. 2. Die Inhaberin traegt die Kosten des Nichtigkeits- und des Beschwerdeverfahrens.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Papierfabriek Doetinchem B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Terborgseweg 52, 7005 BB Doetinchem, Niederlande
Holder · RCD owner
Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier- und Wellpappenwerke & Co.via PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Hanfstrasse 23, 33607 Bielefeld, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
Packing machine / paper-roll dispenser element
RCD No 1457279-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-03-21
Packing machine part / dispenser head
RCD No 3507086-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-03-21
Packing machine part / dispenser head
RCD No 3507086-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-03-21
Packing machine
RCD No 3507086-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-03-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder argued that its yellow dispenser head differed sufficiently from the cited earlier designs and that the semicircular attachments were visually significant.
- ›The invalidity applicant maintained that D2 already disclosed the same truncated-pyramidal dispenser head and that colour and minor appendages did not alter the overall impression.
- ›The Board held that the yellow colour, slight height change and semicircular attachments were subordinate to the shared geometric form and would be seen only as minor or technical variations.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the invalidation for lack of individual character was maintained.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurE. Fink
- MemberC. Bartos
- Registrarp.o. M. Chaleva
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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