Invalidity · first instance · 2020-03-11
000108163
Contested design: 005945094-0001
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 005945094-0001 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
Liping Yangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
403, Honghuige, Caihongju, Majialong, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Chunquan Wangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Fuxing Group 003, Heyetang Village, Wangling Town, Youxian, Hunan Province, Youxian, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Nan Li
Prior art cited (2)
Chinese utility model for a smartphone holder
CN 206704102 U · China utility model publication document · disclosed 2017-12-05
Chinese design registration for a smartphone holder
CN 304646965 S · China design registration
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over Chinese utility model D1 and Chinese design registration D2.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted publication of D1 before the filing date as sufficient disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found the contested smartphone holder produced the same overall impression as D1 and therefore lacked individual character under Article 6 CDR.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the RCD was invalidated, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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