Invalidity · first instance · 2018-11-28
000101879
Contested design: 004055432-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 004055432-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 004055432-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhejiang Luqi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No. 1 & 2 Workshop, No. 209, Juming Road, Sanjia Subdistrict, Jiaojiang District, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
Holder · RCD owner
Avacavia PDF extraction
France (FR)
50 lotissement le garay, 43120 Monistrol sur Loire, France
Prior art cited (1)
Electric Bicycle
CN 303840018 S · State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China · disclosed 2016-09-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity of the contested electric vehicle design for lack of novelty and individual character over its earlier Chinese design patent.
- ›It relied on Chinese design patent No CN 303840018 S for Electric Bicycle, published before the RCD filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations, and the Division accepted the Chinese publication as a prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›The Division found the compared designs identical, held the RCD not new under Article 5 CDR, and invalidated it in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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