Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-12-10
R1125/2021-3
Contested design: 000363486-0028
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the RCD 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
Javier Ungría López
Holder · RCD owner
CANALONES CASTILLA S. L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Calle Embalse n.° 5, 28607 El Alamo (Madrid), España
Prior art cited (1)
round downpipe with four longitudinal grooves
DM 020 105 · OMPI · disclosed 1991-09-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The RCD holder appealed, arguing the earlier design had not been properly proven disclosed before priority and that the structural differences and market acceptance supported validity.
- ›The invalidity applicant replied that prior disclosure was sufficiently proven under Article 7 and that the cited differences did not change the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The Board accepted the WIPO extract for international design DM 020 105 as proof of prior disclosure before the claimed priority date.
- ›The Board found broad designer freedom and held that both designs created the same overall impression despite minor differences in groove spacing and the welded seam.
- ›The appeal was dismissed, the invalidity finding under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6 was confirmed, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurH. Salmi
- MemberS. Rizzo
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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