Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2023-09-26
R0527/2023-3
Contested design: 004352300-0006
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the invalidity applicant shall bear the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Die Beschwerde wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Nichtigkeitsantragstellerin trägt die Kosten des Nichtigkeits- und Beschwerdeverfahrens.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Plásticos Industriales y Comerciales de Alfarrasi, S.L. Picdavia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Crta. Nacional 340, S/N, 46893 Alfarrasi, Spanien
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Papier-Mettler KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Hochwaldstrasse 22, 54497 Morbach, Deutschland
Prior art cited (2)
shopping bag with dark-green side panels, basket print and dark-green double handles
Twitter / Superpilopi · Twitter · disclosed 2016-04-11
shopping bag with basket print, light body and dark-green double handles
noticiascarlosg.blogspot.com/2012/03/bolsas-de-membrillo.html · blog post · disclosed 2012-03-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that the contested bag design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier bag disclosures used online before the filing date.
- ›The holder disputed the legal sufficiency of the disclosure evidence and said the earlier bags differed in printed decoration, handle structure, material and seam layout.
- ›The Board accepted disclosure for D2 and D3 and compared those earlier bags directly with the contested design from the perspective of an informed bag user.
- ›The accepted earlier bags produced a different overall impression, so the appeal was dismissed and the invalidity applicant bore the costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurA. Pohlmann
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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