Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2025-04-16
R0029/2022-3
Contested design: 002138008-0031
Outcome
The Board annuls the contested decision, remits the case to the Invalidity Division for further prosecution, and orders each party to bear its own costs and fees in the appeal proceedings.
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1. Annuls the contested decision; 2. Remits the case to the Invalidity Division for further prosecution; 3. Orders each party to bear its own costs and fees in the appeal proceedings.
CostsEach party bears its own costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
VDS CZMYR KOWALIK SPÓŁKA KOMANDYTOWAvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Łagiewnicka 4A, 41-608 Świętochłowice, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
M&T 1997, a.s.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Čs. odboje 1044, 518 01 Dobruška, Czech Republic
Represented by
Milan Škoda
Prior art cited (9)
handles
RCD No 84 892-0028 · Community Designs Register · disclosed 2004-01-27
CHANT INTOUCH line 5012 handle design
www.chantintouch.com · Internet Archive / issuu.com / archipro.co.nz · disclosed 2010-05-26
Griffwerk door handle design
www.griffwerk.de / www.baulinks.de · griffwerk.de / baulinks.de · disclosed 2010-10-20
Reguitti Q-insert handle design
updating 2012 · yumpu.com
Reguitti Q-Arte handle design
updating 2012 · yumpu.com
Square LSQVII-G Formani handle design
architonic.com · architonic.com
handles
RCD No 268 339-0012 · Community Designs Register · disclosed 2007-01-09
Tupai 3034 handle design
Catálogo official TUPAI 2011 · issuu.com
METAL-BUD handle
METAL-BUD handle
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder appealed the Invalidity Division decision declaring the contested RCD invalid for lack of individual character over the Griffwerk prior design and sought annulment, costs, and an oral hearing.
- ›The invalidity applicant had relied on several earlier handle designs, including two earlier RCDs, CHANT INTOUCH, Griffwerk, Reguitti Q-insert and Q-Arte, Square LSQVII-G Formani, Tupai 3034, and later the METAL-BUD handle.
- ›Following the General Court's annulment of the earlier Board decision, the Board held that the Griffwerk design produces a different overall impression and can no longer sustain the invalidity finding, while the remaining cited prior designs have not yet been examined on the merits.
- ›To preserve the parties' right to be heard and two-instance review, the Board annulled the contested decision, remitted the case to the Invalidity Division for further prosecution, and ordered each party to bear its own appeal costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairM. Bra
- RapporteurE. Fink
- MemberA. Pohlmann
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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