Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2023-01-17
R2443/2020-3
Contested design: 006277935-0005
Outcome
The appeal is upheld, the contested decision is annulled, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the invalidity applicant's costs.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Estimar el recurso; 2. Anular la resolución recurrida; 3. Declarar nulo el DMC; 4. Ordenar que la titular sufrague las costas de la solicitante de nulidad.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
COLOM BAKERY EQUIPMENT, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Avenida Enrique Gimeno, 100, 12006 Castellón, España
Represented by
Ana Otero Iglesias
Holder · RCD owner
CIBERNÉTICA PARA LA PANIFICACIÓN, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Camino Els Lladres, 4 y 6, 12550 Almassora (Castellón), España
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
Earlier CIBERPAN "tren de trabajo con cámara estática" bread-making machine
Spanish trade magazines
Earlier bread-making machine shown in YouTube footage
YouTube videos recorded in notarial act · YouTube
Earlier static resting chamber from automatic work group model 93
FORMEX catalogue · FORMEX catalogue attached to commercial email · disclosed 2016-02-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant appealed the rejection of its nullity action and argued that several earlier bread-making machine designs, especially D3, had long been marketed and produced the same overall impression as the contested RCD.
- ›The holder challenged the authenticity, lawfulness and disclosure value of the emails, catalogues and related materials, and argued that the cited machines differed in relevant visual details.
- ›The Board held that D3 had been sufficiently identified and disclosed through a commercial email with an attached catalogue and that the contested RCD produced the same overall impression as that prior design.
- ›The appeal succeeded; the contested decision was annulled and the contested RCD was declared invalid for lack of individual character.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurS. Rizzo
- MemberH. Salmi
- Registrarp.o. E. Apaolaza
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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