Invalidity · first instance · 2018-04-09
000010790
Contested design: 003613512-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, 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 003613512-0001 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
Jianhui Li
China (CN)
161st, Pinghu Street, Pinghu Town, Longgang District, Shenzhen, the People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Abizoe E-commerce Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 509, No. 16, Longsheng Road, Longgang Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, the People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
tablet case cover
RCD No 002091934-0001 · EUIPO database · disclosed 2012-08-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) CDR, arguing the contested tablet-case design lacked novelty and individual character over his earlier RCD No 002091934-0001.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the invalidity application undefended on the merits.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was properly disclosed, rejected the novelty claim because the differences were not wholly immaterial, but held the similarities dominated the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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