Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2021-10-22

R0509/2021-3

Contested design: 004701191-0001

CDRAppellant: applicant

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

The appeal is dismissed and the invalidity applicant is ordered to bear the design holder’s costs.

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1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the invalidity applicant to bear the costs incurred by the design holder.

CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs

Applicant · invalidity challenger

FIBAR GROUP S.A.via PDF extraction

Poland (PL)

ul. Serdeczna 3, 62-081 Wysogotowo, Poland

Represented by

Michal Jackowski

Holder · RCD owner

Shenzhen Cuco Smart Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction

China (CN)

2F, No. 14, Difu Road, Gushu, Xixiang Town, Bao an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Represented by

Sławomir Krzysztof Nowicki

Registered RCD

plug socket

RCD No 3 764 851-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-02-28

Article 25(1)(b)Article 6Article 5

›The invalidity applicant argued that the contested plug-socket design lacked novelty and individual character in light of earlier RCD No 3 764 851-0001.
›The holder maintained that the differences in colour scheme, the central bolt area and the form of the outer shell gave the contested design a distinct overall impression.
›The Board agreed that the prominent colour differences and the differences in the central pattern and shell shape would be noticed by the informed user despite the common circular concept.
›The contested RCD retained individual character and novelty, so the appeal was dismissed.

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