Invalidity · first instance · 2019-07-19
000104939
Contested design: 005254992-0001
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 005254992-0001 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
Shenzhen A-unit Electronics Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
4th floor, B building, Qiao Hongsheng Cultural and Creative Garden, Xixiang, Tian Jie Industrial Zone, Baoan District, Shenzhen 518101, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen City Huasheng Electronic Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 307B, Wing Hing Building 168, Sakata Street, Bulong Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
wireless mirror rod
Chinese design registration No 303710726S · Chinese patent document · disclosed 2016-06-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on eight earlier designs and arguing the contested USB adapter repeated known features.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as disclosed through a Chinese patent publication dated 15 June 2016, but found the differences prevented a finding of identity under Article 5 CDR.
- ›Because design freedom was broad and the remaining differences were minor, D1 created the same overall impression; the RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberGaile SAKALAITE
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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