Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2023-09-26
R0533/2023-3
Contested design: 004352300-0015
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 (3)
blue IKEA bag upper section with three blue handles and yellow IKEA print
https://thesmalls.com/article/the-blue-bag-film-honours-ikeas-frakta-like-the-icon-it-is · The Smalls · disclosed 2017-07-05
light bag upper section with basket print and dark-green double handles
https://twitter.com/superpilopi/status/719595431219634180?lang=es · Twitter / Superpilopi · disclosed 2016-04-11
yellow-green bag upper section with dark-green double handles
http://noticiascarlosg.blogspot.com/2012/03/bolsas-de-membrillo.html · Carlos Garrido blog · disclosed 2012-03-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that the contested upper bag section with double handles lacked novelty and individual character over three earlier online bag disclosures.
- ›The holder said the cited prior designs differed in colour scheme, printed decoration, material, handle width and seam arrangement and therefore created a different impression.
- ›The Board accepted disclosure for D1 to D3, identified the informed user and design freedom for shopping-bag handle sections, and compared each prior design individually.
- ›The earlier designs 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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