Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2025-03-31
R1003/2023-3
Contested design: 007009303-0002
Outcome
The invalidity and appeal proceedings are discontinued because the contested Community design No 7 009 303-0002 was definitively cancelled in the parallel proceedings, and each party bears its own costs.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Das Nichtigkeits- und das Beschwerdeverfahren werden aufgrund der rechtskräftigen Löschung des angefochtenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 7 009 303-0002 im Parallelverfahren eingestellt. 2. Jede Partei trägt ihre eigenen Kosten des Nichtigkeits- und Beschwerdeverfahren.
CostsEach party bears its own costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Gabor Shoes Aktiengesellschaftvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Joachim-Gabor-Platz 1, 83024 Rosenheim, Deutschland
Holder · RCD owner
Birkenstock IP GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Burg Ockenfels, 53545 Linz am Rhein, Deutschland
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The holder appealed the Invalidity Division's decision declaring the contested design invalid and sought reversal plus costs against the invalidity applicant.
- ›The invalidity applicant opposed the appeal and requested its dismissal; it also opposed the requested suspension.
- ›After a parallel invalidity case became final and confirmed invalidity of the same design for lack of individual character, the Board considered this appeal moot.
- ›The Board discontinued both the invalidity and appeal proceedings and ordered each party to bear its own costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys Bacon
- RapporteurA. Pohlmann
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |