Invalidity · first instance · 2018-12-03
000011205
Contested design: 003836840-0001
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 003836840-0001 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
Chen Bizheng
China (CN)
North Yuanyangshanshui Community, Shijingshan District, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Stoga Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 307, Jinfulai Building, No.49-1, Dabao Rd, Xinan St, Baoan 28 Dist., Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
suction device for clean the pimples (BZ-0702)
CN 303962033 S · State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China · disclosed 2016-12-07
suction device for clean the blackhead
CN 303953689 S · State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China · disclosed 2016-11-30
Tragbare Microdermabrasion Pore Reinigung Schönheit Maschine (Portable Microdermabrasion Pore Cleaning Beauty Machine)
ASIN B01N0TP55U · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-02-21
Tragbar Gesichts Porenreiniger USB Elektrisch Nase Vakuum Mitesserentferner Sauger Mitesser Reiniger Gerät für Tote Haut Akne (Portable Facial Pore Cleaner USB Electric Nose Vacuum Blackhead Remover Sucker Blackhead Cleaner Device for Dead Skin Acne)
ASIN B06XYJ84RB · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-03-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over two Chinese design patents and Amazon.de product disclosures predating the RCD filing.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found Chinese design patent D2 was publicly disclosed before filing and could reasonably have become known to specialised circles in the EU.
- ›Comparing D2 with the contested design, the Division found them identical apart from an immaterial cable-slot difference, so the RCD lacked novelty and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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