Invalidity · first instance · 2019-06-26
000103463
Contested design: 004168102-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application against RCD No 004168102-0003 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the costs incurred by the holder.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité à l'encontre du dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 004168102-0003 est rejetée. 2. La demanderesse supporte les frais exposés par la titulaire.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
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, République Populaire de Chine
Represented by
Dirk Hanisch
Holder · RCD owner
AVACAvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
50 lotissement le garay, 43120 Monistrol sur Loire, France
Prior art cited (3)
electric bicycle (Harley type)
CN303840018S · State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO) · disclosed 2016-09-07
design in class 12-11
CN303265086S · State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO) · disclosed 2015-07-01
illegible delivery note
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, alleging the holder used views from the applicant’s earlier Chinese design filings.
- ›It relied on Chinese SIPO extracts for D1 and D2 and an illegible delivery note D3; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division found D1 and D2 sufficiently disclosed under Article 7, but rejected D3 as inadequate evidence.
- ›On the merits, only D2 could be compared and the contested scooter created a clearly different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The invalidity grounds were not established, so the application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder’s costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica Norma LEWIS
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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