Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-28
000011199
Contested design: 002223545-0001
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 002223545-0001 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
Beijing Jinyanchengxin Intellectual Property Co., Ltd
China (CN)
Zhichun Road, 1#-1, Room 908, Haidian District, Beijing City 100036, People’s Republic of China
Holder · RCD owner
Guoyu Quevia PDF extraction
China (CN)
4/F, No.1 Building, No. 100 Busha Buji, Shenzhen 518114, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
flash lamp / flashlight
201120295839.4 · Chinese utility model registration · disclosed 2012-03-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier Chinese utility model D1 and a translated SIPO invalidity decision.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, the design corpus, or the applicant’s comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as disclosed before the priority date and found the novelty challenge failed because the differences were not immaterial.
- ›The Division held the similarities dominated the overall impression, the designer’s freedom was not significantly constrained, and the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›Application upheld; the contested RCD was declared invalid and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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