Invalidity · first instance · 2020-04-08
000109021
Contested design: 006383345-0001
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 006383345-0001 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
Ontel Products Corporationvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
21 Law Drive, Fairfield, New Jersey 07004, United States of America
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Haoqi Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Rm. 77026, 7F, Gaoke Group Bldg., No. 2076, Yueliangwan Ave., Nanshan St., Nanshan Dist., Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Marinos Cleanthous
Prior art cited (1)
air conditioner
RCD No 005969029-0001 · Office eSearch database / Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-01-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested air-conditioner design lacked novelty and individual character because it reproduced an earlier RCD disclosed before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of earlier RCD No 005969029-0001 through the Office database and bulletin publication before the contested filing date.
- ›Despite minor differences, the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user given the designer's broad freedom.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested RCD was invalidated for lack of individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberKelly BENNETT
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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