Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-10-09
R1100/2023-3
Contested design: 000105051-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the invalidity applicant must bear the costs of both the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Die Beschwerde wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten des Nichtigkeits- und des Beschwerdeverfahrens.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Heinrich Sieber & Co. GmbH + Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Am Kraftwerk 5, 83435 Bad Reichenhall, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Dieter Achillesvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Bahnhofstr. 141, 63263 Neu-Isenburg, Deutschland
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant appealed, arguing the contested RCD did not show one unitary product because the views combined different bag depictions and a separate hook element.
- ›It also invoked Article 36(1)(c) CDR and Article 4(1) IR, contending the mixed photos and drawings were unclear and inconsistent as to the hook attachment.
- ›The holder filed no observations in the appeal proceedings.
- ›The Board held the appeal was confined to Article 25(1)(a) CDR and that alleged defects under Article 36 and Article 4 were not autonomous invalidity grounds.
- ›Reading the views as a whole, the Board found they all depicted the same shopping-cart bag, with view 6 merely clarifying the hook attachment, so the appeal was dismissed.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurE. Fink
- MemberC. Bartos
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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| enEnglish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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