Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-03-07
R0677/2023-3
Contested design: 006039046-0002
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the invalidity applicant must bear the design holder’s costs in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
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1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the invalidity applicant to bear the costs incurred by the design holder in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
TelForceOne S.A.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Krakowska 119, 50-428 Wrocław, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
"4KRAFT" spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnościąvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Tatrzańska 1/5, 60-413 Poznań, Poland
Prior art cited (4)
German design for a car seat and baby stroller combination showing a wheel
M9800040-0001 · German Patent and Trademark Designs Bulletin · disclosed 1998-09-10
German design for baby strollers showing a wheel
M9701050-0001 · German Patent and Trademark Designs Bulletin · disclosed 1997-08-25
German design for wheels for baby strollers
M9703887-0001 · German Patent and Trademark Designs Bulletin · disclosed 1997-10-25
GRACO EVO 3 IN 1 stroller with seat junior baby shown in SMYK sale newsletters
SMYK sale newsletters · disclosed 2012-11-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that stroller-wheel and children’s-bike wheel disclosures, including German design registrations D1 to D3 and the GRACO stroller newsletters, destroyed the novelty and individual character of the contested wheel design.
- ›The design holder replied that the contested wheel was first disclosed only within the grace period, that the Allegro evidence was unreliable, and that the cited prior wheels created a different overall impression for a relatively attentive informed user.
- ›The Board found that the differences in the spoke geometry, reinforcing elements and hub were significant and would be noticed by the informed user, particularly given the distinction between children’s-bike wheels and stroller wheels.
- ›The Board therefore confirmed that the contested RCD retained individual character, dismissed the appeal and awarded costs against the invalidity applicant.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- MemberA. Pohlmann
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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