Invalidity · first instance · 2020-05-07
000109701
Contested design: 006952735-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
La demande en nullité est accueillie. Le dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré no 006952735-0001 est déclaré nul. La titulaire supporte les frais de la demanderesse, fixés à 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Huanqun Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
no 3, Lane 17 Zhongzhou, Jianyang Village, Lianxia Town, Chenghai District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province, République populaire de Chine
Represented by
José Izquierdo Faces
Holder · RCD owner
Guilan Chen
China (CN)
no 2, Lane 2, Magongqian Shuimei, Chenghua sous-dist. Ximen, Chenghai Dist., Shantou, Guangdong, République populaire de Chine
Prior art cited (1)
humanoid toy robot design
ZL 2017 3 0506072.8 · Chinese National Intellectual Property Administration database · disclosed 2017-11-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over her earlier Chinese design ZL 2017 3 0506072.8 for a toy robot.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier Chinese design on 21 November 2017 as sufficient prior disclosure under Article 7.
- ›It found the two humanoid toy robot designs created the same overall impression, with only superficial colour and ornament differences, and declared the RCD invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN Bavel
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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