Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-12-07
R2206/2021-3
Contested design: 007761895-0002
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and each party must bear its own appeal costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders each party to bear its own costs in the appeal proceedings.
CostsEach party bears its own costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jürgen Heckelsmüllervia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Ottobeurer Straße 15, 87784 Westerheim, Germany
Represented by
Reiner Helge
Holder · RCD owner
Michał Cukrowskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Ul. Wybickiego 72/6, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Represented by
Katarzyna Natalia Krupa-Lipińska
Prior art cited (1)
gratings [parts of building]
RCD No 5 301 595-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-07-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant relied on earlier RCD No 5 301 595-0001 and argued that the contested airfield-grating design lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The design holder emphasised differences in chambers, connectors and openings and argued that technical constraints limited design freedom.
- ›The Board agreed with the Invalidity Division that the chequered pattern and surface treatment dominated the overall impression, and that the differences were minor in normal use.
- ›The appeal was dismissed, but each party was left to bear its own appeal costs for reasons of equity.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurC. Negro
- MemberM. Bra
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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