Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2025-04-01
R0370/2022-3
Contested design: 008262364-0001
Outcome
The contested decision is annulled, Community design No 8 262 364-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the invalidity and appeal costs.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. La decisione impugnata è annullata e il modello comunitario n. 8 262 364-0001 è dichiarato nullo. 2. Al titolare del disegno viene ordinato di sopportare le spese e le tasse sostenute dalla richiedente la nullità nei procedimenti di nullità e di ricorso.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Az. Agr. F.lli Buccelletti S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Loc. Santa Lucia 149, 52043 Castiglion Fiorentino, Italia
Represented by
Alecsia Pagani
Holder · RCD owner
Sunservice S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Località Ferretto 29, 06061 Castiglione Del Lago (PG), Italia
Represented by
Susanna Lombardo
Prior art cited (1)
plant-support stake with two helices and a cross-shaped top
Bonifiche Ferraresi - Brolio commercial use and public transport · disclosed 2017-06-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that stake designs identical to the contested RCD had been publicly used since 2017, so the design lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder disputed that the earlier stakes matched the contested design and argued any prior use was authorised and not proven as a public disclosure.
- ›Following the General Court's annulment of the earlier Board decision, the Board accepted that the prior design had been publicly disclosed from at least June 2017 and compared overall impressions under Article 6.
- ›The Board found the shared visual features outweighed the minor differences, held the contested design lacked individual character, annulled the first-instance decision, and declared the RCD invalid.
Deciding panel
- ChairM. Bra
- RapporteurA. González Fernández
- MemberA. Pohlmann
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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