Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2023-09-26
R0540/2023-3
Contested design: 004352300-0009
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed; the design holder must bear the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Die Beschwerde wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die GGM-Inhaberin trägt die Kosten des Nichtigkeits- und Beschwerdeverfahrens.
CostsHolder 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 (7)
carrier bag
YouTube · disclosed 2017-04-06
earlier carrier bag design
earlier carrier bag design
earlier carrier bag design
earlier carrier bag design
earlier carrier bag design
earlier carrier bag design
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant sought cancellation for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier carrier-bag disclosures labelled D1 to D7.
- ›The design holder argued D1 did not negate novelty or individual character, stressing differences in surface texture, colour, handle attachment and overall proportions.
- ›The Board upheld the finding that D1 had been disclosed before filing and that the compared bags created the same overall impression despite minor colour and seam differences.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the invalidity decision remained in force.
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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