Invalidity · first instance · 2018-07-26
000010749
Contested design: 002715441-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 002715441-0001 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
COM-PAD GmbH
Germany (DE)
Klapphakenstr. 10, 49393 Lohne, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Tao Lingjuanvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
34-4, Taocun Village, Shezu Town, Iaozhu, Liandu District, Lishui, Zhejiang 323000, People’s Republic of China
Prior art cited (1)
Chinese design patent for a torch
CN 302156285 S · China · disclosed 2012-10-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty based on an earlier Chinese design patent for the same torch design.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply and left the applicant's evidence unrebutted.
- ›The Division accepted the published Chinese patent as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR before the RCD filing date.
- ›It found no material differences between the designs, held the contested RCD not new under Article 5 CDR, and declared it invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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