Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-26
000011244
Contested design: 003999119-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 003999119-0001 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
Shenzhen Feelstorm Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Floor 5, Building C, Huawan Industrial Park, No.119, Baoan Road, Baoan District, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Dongguanshi Huakun Electromechanical Co., Ltd
China (CN)
No. 55, Renmin South Rd., Humen Town, Dongguan, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Prior art cited (1)
baby monitor
CN 302959356 S · Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China · disclosed 2014-10-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, alleging the contested baby monitor copied its earlier Chinese design.
- ›Holder requested more time because of alleged technical problems, but the request was rejected and it filed no merits defence.
- ›The Division held the Chinese design certificate established prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR because the holder offered no contrary evidence.
- ›The contested RCD differed only by the omission of immaterial wording, so it lacked novelty and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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