Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2023-01-17
R0684/2022-3
Contested design: 002419424-0004
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the design holder must bear the invalidity applicant's costs in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
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1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the design holder to bear the costs and fees incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Alve Components Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Migowska 41, 80-287 Gdańsk, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Bonari Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Zwycięzców 42/53, 03-938 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Prior "Calgary" door profile design
Indeco catalogues, invoices and archived indeco.pl / indecotrojmiasto.pl webpages
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder argued that the prior Calgary profile had not been validly disclosed, relied on an earlier Board decision on similar catalogues, and said the designs differed in width, brush-mounting details and visible shape.
- ›The invalidity applicant replied that catalogues, invoices and Wayback evidence proved disclosure and that the visible sliding-door handle part produced the same overall impression.
- ›The Board held that the combined catalogue, invoice and website evidence proved disclosure of the prior design under Article 7(1) CDR and that the cited structural differences did not change the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the invalidation for lack of individual character was confirmed.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurS. Rizzo
- MemberC. Negro
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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