Invalidity · first instance · 2020-04-15
000108962
Contested design: 006620571-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 006620571-0001 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
Huzhou Miaopin Intelligent Furniture Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.888 Wushiba Road, Tangpu Industrial Park, Anji County, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province 313300, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Longchao Hevia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Building #6 Huayangxicheng, Dipu Town, Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
chair
Chinese design patent filing No 201930078895.4, publication No CN 305225021 S · China · disclosed 2019-06-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) CDR, arguing the contested chair design lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier Chinese design patent.
- ›To prove disclosure, the applicant filed the Chinese registration certificate with an English translation; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier design had been made available to the public before the RCD filing date and that the designer's freedom for chairs was broad.
- ›Because the designs were almost identical and colour differences carried little weight, the contested RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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