Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-25
000107200
Contested design: 003495795-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicants' costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 003495795-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicants’ costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Japan (JP)
1-1, Minami-Aoyama 2-chome, Minato-Ku, 107-8556 Tokyo, Japan
Represented by
Marius Schneider
Holder · RCD owner
Shanghai Enki Intelligent Electric Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 266 Block G 2F No 1 Building, No 1288 Huateng Road, Huaxin Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
lawnmowers
Community design No 001339592-0001 · Office Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2012-08-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicants sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier Honda Community design for robotic lawnmowers.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier registered design had been validly disclosed through publication in the Office Designs Bulletin.
- ›Given broad designer freedom, the differences were minor details and the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested RCD was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
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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