Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-12-10
R1123/2021-3
Contested design: 000363486-0009
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the DMC holder must bear the fees and costs incurred by the invalidity applicant.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Desestimar el recurso. 2. Ordenar que la titular del DMC sufrague las tasas y las costas sufragadas por la solicitante de nulidad.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
CANALONES NOVOKANAL, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Calle de Huelva, 6 Nave 5, Pol. Ind. La Carrehuela, 28343 Valdemoro (Madrid), España
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
CANALONES CASTILLA S. L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Calle Embalse n.° 5, 28607 El Alamo (Madrid), España
Prior art cited (2)
Tarifa de precios de CANALÓN, S.A. (cobre) que muestra el diseño anterior de canalón.
CANALÓN, S.A.
Tarifa de precios de CANALÓN, S.A. (zinc titanio) que muestra el diseño anterior de canalón.
CANALÓN, S.A.
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The holder appealed, arguing the 2004 CANALON, S.A. price lists were not proven public disclosures and that structural differences and market acceptance supported the design's validity.
- ›The invalidity applicant replied that Article 7 only required public disclosure, that the earlier third-party disclosures were sufficient, and that the differences were too minor to create a different overall impression.
- ›The Board held the April 2004 price lists showed commercial disclosure by an independent third party and could be relied on for assessing the earlier design.
- ›The Board found broad design freedom and only minor differences, so the contested design created the same overall impression as the earlier design; the appeal was dismissed and costs imposed on the holder.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys Bacon
- RapporteurH. Salmi
- MemberS. Rizzo
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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