Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-11-23
R1223/2021-3
Contested design: 000565015-0004
Outcome
The contested decision is set aside, the invalidity application is rejected, and the invalidity applicant must bear the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Die angefochtene Entscheidung wird aufgehoben. 2. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklaerung wird zurueckgewiesen. 3. Die Nichtigkeitsantragstellerin traegt die Kosten des Nichtigkeits- und des Beschwerdeverfahrens.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Intercon Tierbedarf GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Brahmkoppel 4, 24558 Henstedt-Ulzburg, Deutschland
Holder · RCD owner
Bruegglivia PDF extraction
Switzerland (CH)
Hofstr. 5, 8590 Romanshorn, Schweiz
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Type A dog transport box for vehicles
www.hundeboxen.de (archive.org) · Internet Archive · disclosed 2002-04-14
Type X dog transport box for vehicles
www.hundeboxen.de (archive.org) · Internet Archive
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder argued that the archived earlier dog-box designs were wider, more angular double-door products and therefore did not destroy the individuality of the contested transport box.
- ›The invalidity applicant maintained that the earlier dog-box disclosures reproduced the essential visual features of the contested design and deprived it of novelty and individual character.
- ›The Board found substantial differences in overall proportions, roof shape, front-door arrangement, locking mechanism and the rounded versus angular presentation of the boxes, especially from the front.
- ›The appeal succeeded, the first-instance invalidation was set aside, and the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurA. Pohlmann
- MemberE. Fink
- 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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