Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2025-11-05
R0348/2024-3
Contested design: 009009780-0001
Outcome
The Board takes note of the withdrawal of the EU design application, declares the invalidity and appeal proceedings closed, and notes the parties’ agreement on the allocation of costs.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
Prende nota del ritiro della domanda di disegno o modello dell’UE e dichiara conclusi i procedimenti di dichiarazione di nullità e di ricorso. Prende nota dell’accordo sulla ripartizione delle spese sostenute dalle parti.
CostsNo costs order
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Cris Conf. S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Strada Comunale di Fornio 132, Fidenza (PR), Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Passaggio Obbligato S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Piazza Cavour 3, Milano (MI), Italia
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant appealed the cancellation division's rejection of its invalidity application based on Article 25(1)(e).
- ›The design holder responded seeking dismissal of the appeal.
- ›Before a merits ruling, the holder withdrew the contested EU design and the applicant confirmed the parties had agreed on costs.
- ›The Board found the dispute had lost its object, declared both the invalidity and appeal proceedings closed, and merely noted the costs agreement.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys Bacon
- RapporteurS. Rizzo
- MemberC. Negro
- Registrarp.o. E. Wagner
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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