Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-09-09
R2550/2023-3
Contested design: 009086846-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the design holder must bear the invalidity applicant's costs and fees in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal. 2. Orders the design holder to bear the costs and fees incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
IKOONA SP. Z O.O.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Marsz. Józefa Piłsudskiego 74/230, 50020 WROCŁAW, Poland
Represented by
Aleksandra Kacperska
Holder · RCD owner
Tomasz Gotszlikvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Glinki 27a, 63-200 Jarocin, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
multicoloured wafer ice cream cornet marketed by Soforek sp. z o.o.
Facebook / Soforek sp. z o.o. · disclosed 2019-10-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder argued that production constraints limited design freedom, the market was saturated with similar multicoloured cones, and differences in stripe count, colours and orientation created a different overall impression.
- ›The invalidity applicant replied that the cone's decoration was unconstrained, saturation was unproven, and the contested RCD duplicated the prior design's key pattern of multicoloured horizontal segments.
- ›The Board accepted the supplemental appeal evidence but found no proven technical constraints beyond basic cone form and size, leaving a high degree of design freedom for decoration.
- ›The Board held that the prior design was disclosed before filing and that the conflicting designs produced the same overall impression, so the invalidity decision was confirmed and the appeal dismissed.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurH. Salmi
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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