Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-04-10
R1876/2023-3
Contested design: 008687073-0001
Outcome
The Board takes note of the withdrawal of the invalidity application, closes the invalidity and appeal proceedings, and orders the invalidity applicant to bear the design holder's costs in both proceedings.
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1. Takes note of the withdrawal of the application for a declaration of invalidity; 2. Closes the invalidity and appeal proceedings; 3. 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
Akifix S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Corso Italia, 27, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Fercomacess, Lda.via PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Rua da Liberdade, n.º 135, 3750-791 Trofa, Portugal
Represented by
Miguel Alexandre de Oliveira Soares Fernandes
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant sought invalidity of the contested anchoring-device design under Article 25(1)(b) CDR, alleging lack of novelty, invisibility as a component part, and features solely dictated by technical function.
- ›The Invalidity Division rejected the invalidity application and ordered the invalidity applicant to bear the costs, after which the invalidity applicant appealed seeking annulment and invalidation of the RCD.
- ›During the appeal, the invalidity applicant withdrew the invalidity application and stated it would bear the appeal costs; the design holder did not intervene.
- ›The Board held that the withdrawal deprived both the invalidity and appeal proceedings of purpose, closed them, and ordered the invalidity applicant to bear the design holder's costs under Article 70(3) CDR.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurE. Fink
- MemberC. Negro
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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