Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2023-09-26
R0531/2023-3
Contested design: 004352300-0013
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 (6)
upper bag section with transparent light body and green handles
ecoactivasoluciones.blogspot.com/2016… · online print
cited handle image not matching the pleaded design
upper bag section with a dark-green handle and two horizontal seams
online print
upper bag section with dark-blue external handle and green print
facebook.com/bolsasplasticas… · Facebook
upper bag section with red handle and red print on a transparent light body
concdeleticia… · online print
cited design supported only by a URL link
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that the contested upper-bag section lacked novelty and individual character over several earlier online handle and bag-section disclosures.
- ›The holder said some cited designs were not properly proven and that the contested section differed in the slanted external handle ends, seam pattern, colour and material.
- ›The Board accepted disclosure only for D1 and D3 to D5, then compared those earlier upper-bag sections directly with the contested design.
- ›The accepted earlier designs created 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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