Invalidity · first instance · 2018-05-04
000010865
Contested design: 002879643-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 002879643-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 002879643-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hangzhou Chic Intelligent Technology CO., LTD
China (CN)
No.6 Building, 3rd Floor, Liangzhu University Keji Garden, Liangzhu Street, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province 310000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Zhi Wang
China (CN)
No. 2 Donghuan 2st Road, Longhua Yousong, Baoan District, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
electric scooters
Community design No 002717975-0001 · Office designs bulletin · disclosed 2015-07-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier Community design No 002717975-0001, arguing only body colour and small stepping-area ridges differed.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was validly disclosed and that the compared scooters were identical in the main protected features, with colour and minor surface-pattern differences carrying little weight.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested RCD produced the same overall impression on the informed user and therefore lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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