Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2023-02-20
R0370/2022-3
Contested design: 008262364-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the invalidity applicant must bear the holder's costs in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
Il ricorso è respinto; La richiedente della nullità è condannata a sopportare le spese sostenute dalla titolare nei procedimenti di nullità e di ricorso.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Az. Agr. F.lli Buccelletti S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Loc. Santa Lucia 149, 52043 Castiglion Fiorentino, Italia
Represented by
Alecsia Pagani
Holder · RCD owner
Sunservice S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Località Ferretto 29, 06061 Castiglione Del Lago (PG), Italia
Represented by
Filippo Billi
Prior art cited (1)
plant-support pole with cylindrical body, two helices near the lower end and a cross-shaped upper terminal
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that it had developed and disclosed before filing a plant-support pole with two helices and a cross-shaped top, identical to the contested RCD.
- ›The holder replied that the earlier poles had evolved over time, that the applicant had used poles under the holder's technical supervision, and that the documents and declarations did not prove disclosure of the same design.
- ›The Board found that the photos, contracts, declarations, invoices and later technical and WhatsApp materials could not be linked with reasonable certainty to the asserted earlier design, so disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR was not proven.
- ›Because disclosure of the relied-on prior design was not established, the invalidity request failed and the appeal was dismissed with costs against the invalidity applicant.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurS. Rizzo
- MemberC. Negro
- Registrarp.o. R. Vidal Romero
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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