Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-07-12
R2011/2023-3
Contested design: 008533418-0002
Outcome
The appeal proceedings are discontinued following withdrawal of the appeal, and the holder bears the costs of both the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Das Beschwerdeverfahren wird aufgrund der Zurücknahme der Beschwerde eingestellt. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten des Nichtigkeits- und des Beschwerdeverfahrens.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Schneid Gesellschaft m.b.H.via PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Gewerbering 16, 8054 Pirka, Österreich
Represented by
Stefan Lausegger
Holder · RCD owner
aqotec Holding GmbHvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Vöcklatal 35, 4890 Weißenkirchen im Attergau, Österreich
Represented by
Clemens Thiele
Prior art cited (1)
Unternehmenskennzeichen in mehreren verwendeten Varianten
Schneid
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant sought to invalidate the contested design under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 4 CDR and under Article 25(1)(e) CDR, relying on the sign 'Schneid'.
- ›The Invalidity Division upheld the application, declared the contested design invalid, and ordered the holder to bear the costs.
- ›The holder appealed, filed grounds and a supplementary submission, and the invalidity applicant responded with observations.
- ›After the holder withdrew the appeal, the Board discontinued the appeal proceedings and the first-instance invalidity and costs decision became final.
Deciding panel
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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