Invalidity · first instance · 2019-06-26
000103465
Contested design: 004168102-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application against registered Community design No 004168102-0005 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 004168102-0005 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 (2)
electric bicycle (Harley type)
CN303840018S · State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO) · disclosed 2016-09-07
CN303265086S · State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO) · disclosed 2015-07-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued its design had been introduced in Europe in March 2017 and that the holder used views from the applicant's Chinese design filings.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted D1 and D2 as prior disclosures but found D3 unreadable and insufficient to prove disclosure.
- ›Because the contested design could not be meaningfully compared with D1 and D2, it retained individual character and novelty.
- ›The invalidity 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 |
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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