Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2023-07-24
R2234/2019-3
Contested design: 004720290-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the invalidity applicant must bear the design holder's costs in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the invalidity applicant to bear the costs incurred by the design holder in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
FEDERAL SIGNAL VAMA, S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Dr. Ferrán, 7, E-08339 Vilassar de Dalt (Barcelona), SPAIN
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
INTAV S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Quarto Negroni, 61, I-I-00072 Ariccia (RM), ITALY
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
signalling lights for vehicles
RCD No 000954482-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2008-07-04
signalling light bar for vehicles
Hella RTK-QS Manual Instructions · Hella · disclosed 2008-06-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued the contested signalling-light design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 000954482-0003 and supporting sector disclosures.
- ›The design holder said the sector was crowded, many similar light bars pre-existed, and the informed user would notice the contested design's differentiating features.
- ›The Board accepted disclosure of the earlier design but found the informed user, despite some technical constraints, would perceive the contested RCD's differing overall impression.
- ›Because the contested RCD retained individual character and therefore novelty, the invalidity application remained unfounded and the appeal was dismissed.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurM. Bra
- MemberS. Rizzo
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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