Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2023-08-14
R1858/2022-3
Contested design: 004031201-0001
Outcome
The appeal proceedings are stayed until the decision in case T-10/23 pending before the General Court becomes final; costs are reserved for the final decision.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Das Beschwerdeverfahren wird bis zur rechtskräftigen Entscheidung in der vor dem Gericht anhängigen Rechtssache T-10/23, ausgesetzt. Die Kosten bleiben der Endentscheidung vorbehalten.
CostsNot specified
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Light Tec Limitedvia PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
Unit 908-910, 9/F, Prosperity Center, 25 Chong Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Sonderverwaltungszone Hongkong
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
DecoTrend GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Zur Drehscheibe 5, 92637 Weiden, Deutschland
Legal grounds invoked
From EUIPO API metadata.
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant had sought invalidity of the contested RCD under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6(1)(b) CDR, and the Invalidity Division declared it invalid.
- ›The design holder appealed and requested that the contested invalidity decision be set aside.
- ›The invalidity applicant opposed the appeal and requested its dismissal.
- ›The Board found that essentially the same legal issues were pending before the General Court in related case T-10/23 between the same parties.
- ›The Board did not decide the merits and instead stayed the appeal, reserving costs for the final decision.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- MemberA. Pohlmann
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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