Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-10
000010940
Contested design: 002763573-0001
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 002763573-0001 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
Fibar Group S.A.
Poland (PL)
ul. Lotnicza 1, 60-421 Poznań, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Gang Wang
China (CN)
The two phase of A 2 unit 10 room 02, Jia Zhaoye Center, Huizhou Road No. 11, District of Huicheng, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
movement sensor/detector
RCD No 002380972-0001 · EUIPO Office bulletin · disclosed 2014-02-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier RCD No 002380972-0001, arguing both designs shared the same eyeball-like sensor and surrounding arm structure.
- ›The applicant argued designer freedom for movement sensors was broad, so differences in the number of arms and colours were minor; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD through its published registration and found no relevant technical or statutory constraints limiting designer freedom.
- ›It held the common overall structure and proportions outweighed the differences, so the contested design created the same overall impression and lacked individual character; invalidity was granted.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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