Invalidity · first instance · 2018-11-06
000010965
Contested design: 000022694-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid in full, and the holder must pay the applicant’s fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 000022694-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
BMA Braunschweigische Maschinenbauanstalt AG
Germany (DE)
Am Alten Bahnhof 5, 38122 Braunschweig, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
ASJ Holding ApS
Denmark (DK)
Mølleåparken 50, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
pamphlet entitled 'The Innovative Separation of Water from Beet Pulp — Steamdrying' showing a dryer and inlet/outlet valves
EnerDry ApS · disclosed 2003-05-12
undated photograph of a steam dryer
publication entitled 'Steamdrying of beet pulp in Japan and the latest development of the technology' showing the outlet valve
EnerDry ApS
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the rotor is a component of a complex steam dryer and is not visible during normal use, so it cannot satisfy Article 4(2) CDR.
- ›The holder accepted the rotor is housed in the dryer but argued inspection windows or openings could make it visible during normal use.
- ›The Division found the rotor operates inside a sealed casing, the holder proved no real inspection-window practice for this product, and hypothetical visibility is insufficient.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested RCD was declared invalid as a whole; the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberGaile SAKALAITE
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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