Invalidity · first instance · 2019-08-01
000105699
Contested design: 004700581-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 004700581-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Isotronic Manufacturing Ltd.via PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
Block A. 4/F., No. 38 Belcher’s Street, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Xianglin Electronics Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
503, Shangmei Technology Building, No. 2009, Shahe West, Shahe Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
mouse trap prior German design relied on for lack of novelty and individual character
German design No 402 010 005 602-0002 · German design registration certificate
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested mouse-trap RCD lacked novelty and individual character over its earlier German design, with only omitted logos and a 45-degree rotation of the slits distinguishing them.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division held that the sole evidence, a German design registration certificate, did not prove the earlier design had been made available to the public because no publication date was shown.
- ›Because disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR was not established, the prior design could not defeat novelty or individual character, and the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
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