Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-12-13
R0605/2021-3
Contested design: 002526160-0001
Outcome
The contested decision is annulled and the case is remitted to the Invalidity Division to continue examining the invalidity application.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La décision attaquée est annulée; 2. L’affaire est renvoyée à la division d’annulation afin de poursuivre l’examen de la demande en nullité.
CostsEach party bears its own costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Kappershandel B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Katernstraat 33 F/G, 1321 NC Almere, Pays-Bas
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Wahl Clipper Corporationvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
PO Box 578 2900 North Locust Street, 61081-0578 Sterling, Illinois, Etats-Unis d’Amérique
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant had obtained first-instance invalidation on the sole ground that the clip design’s visible features were exclusively dictated by technical function.
- ›The design holder argued that at least some features, including the top area and lower curvature, reflected aesthetic choices and that Article 8(2) did not apply either.
- ›The Board held that the evidence did not prove every relevant feature was exclusively dictated by technical function, so Article 8(1) could not sustain invalidity.
- ›The appeal was upheld, the first-instance decision annulled, and the case remitted for examination of novelty and individual character.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- MemberM. Bra
- MemberS. Rizzo
- RegistrarE. Apaolaza
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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