Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-07-31
R2427/2023-3
Contested design: 000624697-0001
Outcome
The Board partially annulled the decision on the Article 4(1) invalidity ground, otherwise dismissed the appeal, remitted the case, and ordered each party to bear its own appeal costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Partially annuls the contested decision, insofar as the Invalidity Division rejected the invalidity request based on Article 25(1)(b), in conjunction with Article 4(1) CDR; 2. Dismisses the appeal insofar as the invalidity request based on Article 25(1)(b), in conjunction with Article 8(1) CDR, was rejected; 3. Remits the case to the Invalidity Division for further prosecution; 4. Orders that each party bear its own costs and fees in the appeal proceedings.
CostsEach party bears its own costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
REBOMA trgovina in gradbeništvo, d.o.o.via PDF extraction
SI
Cesarjeva ulica 29, 8000 Novo mesto, Slovenia
Represented by
Jure Marn
Holder · RCD owner
3S SPORT D.O.O.via PDF extraction
SI
Perovo 25, 1240 Kamnik, Slovenia
Represented by
Marjan Pipan
Prior art cited (16)
Chinese patent application for "a kind of Appliance for storing & taking coins"
CN200520130517 · China · disclosed 2005-11-04
purse
Beijing Royal Aviation Technology catalogue 2005 · Beijing Royal Aviation Technology
coin dispenser
French model No 98 211 · INPI French Bulletin · disclosed 2002-03-29
purse
French design No 20 473 · INPI French Bulletin · disclosed 1998-08-21
French design No 12 408 · INPI French Bulletin · disclosed 1925-04-27
wallet design commercialised by Asoma Oy
www.asoma.fi (Wayback Machine) · Wayback Machine / Asoma website · disclosed 2002-12-07
wallet design commercialised by Asoma Oy
www.asoma.fi (Wayback Machine) · Wayback Machine / Asoma website · disclosed 2002-12-07
wallet commercialised by Secure Project / SDSP
SMAU 2002 show in Milan · fair pictures and leaflet · disclosed 2002-10-24
purse commercialised by SDSP
Marsupio €-bag dispenser Tagli Monete · SDSP statement and invoices
Asoma wallet
webpage screenshot
wallet design
Wayback Machine extract · Wayback Machine
coin dispenser
wallet design
Wayback Machine extract · Wayback Machine
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant appealed, arguing the earlier designs were sufficiently identified and disclosed, the contested purse lacked individual character, and its features were dictated by technical function.
- ›The design holder filed no observations in the invalidity proceedings and did not respond to the appeal.
- ›The Board held the Chinese patent only supported the coin organiser feature, so the applicant failed to show that all appearance features were solely technically dictated under Article 8(1).
- ›The Board accepted additional appeal evidence for D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D10 and D14, found disclosure proven for those designs, annulled the Article 4/6 rejection, and remitted the case.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurH. Salmi
- MemberS. Rizzo
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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