Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-12-07
R1604/2021-3
Contested design: 002769299-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the invalidity applicant must bear the defendants’ costs in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the appellant to bear the costs of the defendant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Nextrend GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Flörsheim am Main, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xiamen Axent Corporation Limitedvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Xiamen, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
toilet units (part of -)
RCD No 2 167 882-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2013-01-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that the toilet-lid design lacked individual character over earlier RCD No 2 167 882-0002 and sought to add later-filed German designs.
- ›The holders replied that the late-filed designs were inadmissible and that the back recess, lateral knob arrangement and rear-edge shape created a different overall impression.
- ›The Board refused to expand the case to additional earlier designs and held that the differences from D1 were sufficient given the limited design freedom for toilet lids.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and costs were awarded against the invalidity applicant.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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