Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-09-16
R0952/2021-3
Contested design: 006611570-0002
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the invalidity applicant is ordered to bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
Desestimar el recurso. Ordenar que la solicitante de nulidad sufrague las costas de la titular.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €900
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Cayago Tec GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Benzstraße 10, 32108 Bad Salzuflen, Alemania
Represented by
Jordi Güell Serra
Holder · RCD owner
iAQUA (Shenzhen) Limitedvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
n.º 6 Building Huayisheng Industrial Park, n.º 4 industrial Zone, Fenghuang, Fuyong, Shenzhen, República Popular De China
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
aparatos de deporte
RCD No 2 077 206-0004 · Boletín de Dibujos y Modelos Comunitarios · disclosed 2012-09-10
aparatos de deporte
RCD No 2 077 206-0003 · Boletín de Dibujos y Modelos Comunitarios · disclosed 2012-09-10
aparatos de deporte
RCD No 2 077 206-0002 · Boletín de Dibujos y Modelos Comunitarios · disclosed 2012-09-10
aparatos de deporte
RCD No 2 077 206-0001 · Boletín de Dibujos y Modelos Comunitarios · disclosed 2012-09-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued the contested RCD lacked individual character over earlier RCDs D1 to D4 and also invoked Article 25(1)(d).
- ›The holder maintained the design created a different overall impression and said the alleged infringement history and other proceedings were irrelevant.
- ›The Board accepted disclosure of the earlier RCDs, found the informed user highly attentive, and considered the designer's freedom relatively broad despite technical constraints.
- ›It held that the angular bow and stern, trapezoidal torso-support area, and lower keel gave the contested design a different overall impression.
- ›The appeal was dismissed, the invalidity application remained rejected, and the invalidity applicant was ordered to pay EUR 900 in costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurS. Rizzo
- MemberH. Salmi
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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| enEnglish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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