Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-11-17
R0110/2022-3
Contested design: 001112155-0001
Outcome
The contested decision is set aside, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the design holder must bear the invalidity applicant's costs in both instances.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Die angefochtene Entscheidung wird aufgehoben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 1112155-0001 wird fuer nichtig erklaert. 3. Die Beschwerdegegnerin traegt die dem Beschwerdefuehrer entstandenen Kosten des Nichtigkeits- und Beschwerdeverfahrens.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lawrence Longtonvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Brindle, Vereinigtes Koenigreich
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Orgatex GmbH & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Langenfeld, Deutschland
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that the registered views of the floor marking were internally inconsistent and showed more than one design, so the registration failed the definition of a single design.
- ›The design holder responded that one view showed the top side and the others the underside, with CAD shading differences and adhesive-strip details explaining the visual discrepancies.
- ›The Board found that under both plausible view combinations the registered images contained unresolved contradictions and therefore did not depict one coherent design within Article 3(a) CDR.
- ›The appeal succeeded, the first-instance rejection was annulled, and the contested design was declared invalid without reaching the alternative novelty and individual-character ground.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- MemberA. Pohlmann
- Registrarp.o. M. Chaleva
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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