Invalidity · first instance · 2019-08-13
000104219
Contested design: 005239217-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 005239217-0001 is rejected. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Plejd AB
Sweden (SE)
Box 11032, 404 21 Göteborg, Sweden
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Hytronik Electronics Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
3/F, Complex Building C, No. 155, Bogang Road South, Bogang Village, Xiaojinkou Town, Huicheng District, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
lighting switches
RCD No 003877356-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-05-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, arguing the contested RCD copied its earlier disclosed Community design and produced the same overall impression.
- ›The holder argued the common features were standard or functional in electrical connectors and that differences in proportions, lid structure and connector arrangement created a different overall impression.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD, found designer freedom fairly broad, and held the informed user would notice the differences in proportions, lid treatment, connector integration and colour.
- ›The invalidity grounds under Article 25(1)(b) CDR were not made out, so the application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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