Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2026-04-07
R0947/2025-3
Contested design: 002778647-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the invalidity applicant is ordered to pay the holder's costs in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
Desestimar el recurso. Ordenar a la solicitante de nulidad a pagar los gastos sufragados por la titular en los procedimientos de nulidad y de recurso.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Kinya Solutions, LDA.via PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Estarreja, Portugal
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Polimeros Gestion Industrial, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Córdoba, España
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
patent application showing a modular roofing panel profile
DE 10 208 687 A1 · German patent application publication · disclosed 2003-09-25
European patent application disclosed through the submitted Spanish translation, showing a panel profile
EP 98940413.2 / ES 2187053 T3 · European patent application publication · disclosed 2000-06-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant appealed, arguing the design was not a protectable design, was part of a complex product, was dictated by technical function, and lacked novelty and individual character over A1 and A2.
- ›The holder replied that the contested panel profile remained protectable, the modular-systems exception in Article 8(3) applied, and the earlier designs did not create the same overall impression.
- ›The Board considered only Annexes A1 and A2 as properly pleaded prior designs, accepted their disclosure, and held the contested profile's protected connection features fell within the modular-systems exception.
- ›The Board found the contested design new and individually distinctive compared with A1 and A2, dismissed the appeal, and ordered the invalidity applicant to pay the holder's costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys Bacon
- RapporteurS. Rizzo
- MemberH. Salmi
- RegistrarK. Zajfert
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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