Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-11-11
R1063/2023-3
Contested design: 008517882-0002
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the holder must bear the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Die Beschwerde wird zurückgewiesen. 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)
Earlier SCHNEID company logo / logo variants relied on by the invalidity applicant
Applicant website, advertising, building signage and trade fair materials · disclosed 2011-10-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The holder appealed, arguing procedural error, insufficient proof of disclosure of the earlier logo, and a different overall impression between the signs.
- ›The invalidity applicant defended the decision, maintained both Article 25(1)(b) and 25(1)(e) grounds, and said Austrian law protected its SCHNEID company name.
- ›The Board considered the late-filed materials and held that the applicant had proved an earlier distinctive company name protected under Austrian unfair competition law.
- ›The Board found the contested design used the SCHNEID sign and created a likelihood of confusion, so invalidity under Article 25(1)(e) succeeded and the appeal failed.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurE. Fink
- MemberA. Pohlmann
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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