Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-04-19
R1315/2023-3
Contested design: 000350319-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the holder of the contested RCD is ordered to bear the invalidity applicant's costs.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Desestimar el recurso. 2. Ordenar que el titular del DMC impugnado sufrague las costas de la solicitante de nulidad.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yasunimotor, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
c. Industria, 103, Polígono Industrial Ca'n Castells, 08420, Canovelles, España
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Juan Costa Pujadasvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Corominas, 4, 08480, L'Ametlla del Valles (Barcelona), España
Represented by
Prior art cited (12)
complete scan of a magazine issue relied on for motorcycle / variator visibility evidence
MOTOCICLISMO SCOOTER MANÍA, agosto de 2001 · MOTOCICLISMO SCOOTER MANÍA
webpage extract relating to a Suzuki Burgman 400 (2006)
www.netsubasta.com/vehiculos/suzuki-burgman-400-2006-31353 · netsubasta.com · disclosed 2022-01-12
United States patent concerning the variator / transmission system
US patent No. 3 709 052 · United States patent publication
French patent concerning the variator / transmission system
French patent No. 2 664 012 · French patent publication
video showing dismantling and mounting stages of the design holder's speed variator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKYNYISjNV4 · YouTube · disclosed 2013-11-23
video showing dismantling and mounting stages of the AK 550 speed variator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewgQW5BoJfM · YouTube · disclosed 2020-01-12
video showing dismantling and mounting stages of the Yamaha T Max 530 speed variator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c24zp9Cv2ag · YouTube · disclosed 2018-07-02
video showing the functioning of a motorcycle speed variator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtlbbCyxeyA · YouTube · disclosed 2015-03-18
video on fitting a conical-plate variator with sliding masses, marketed by the design holder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?=W8BMGsW1IuU · YouTube
video titled VARIADOR JCOSTA EVO SUPERDINK 125
http://www.youtube.com/watch?=VY8i6TU9Wvl · YouTube · disclosed 2012-03-04
webpage extract showing a 1975 Mobylette
https://www.todocoleccion.net/motos-clasicas/mobylette-1975~x38831920 · todocoleccion.net
web gallery extract relied on for motorcycle / variator visibility evidence
http://galerie.competition50cc.info/displaymage.php?album=201&pid=2682 · competition50cc.info
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder appealed, arguing the new invalidity action was effectively barred by the earlier ICD 9222 case and that the variator remained visible in normal use, especially on competition motorcycles and in exterior mounting.
- ›The invalidity applicant responded that AUTISA and Yasunimotor were different parties, so no res judicata applied, and that even uncovered competition setups showed only partial visibility insufficient to satisfy Article 4(2) CDR.
- ›The Board admitted the supplemental appeal evidence, rejected the res judicata objection, and assessed visibility from the perspective of normal motorcycle use rather than workshop, repair, or unproven configurations.
- ›It found no convincing proof of exterior mounting in normal use and only partial, unclear visibility in interior mounting, so the appeal was dismissed and the invalidity and costs order were confirmed.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurS. Rizzo
- MemberH. Salmi
- Registrarp.o. R. Vidal Romero
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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