Invalidity · first instance · 2020-05-19
000106699
Contested design: 005823184-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0058231840001 is rejected. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhongke Zhizao (Shenzhen) Research and Development Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 101, Unit 2, B Block, Hekan Industrial Park, Wuhe Road 41, Bantian Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Nan Li
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Juku Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
1113, Building 2, No 1, Tongsheng Community Industrial Park Road, Dalang Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Prior art cited (1)
bedside lamps, night-lights [lamps] and alarm clocks
RCD No 0058191410001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-11-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested night-light design lacked novelty and individual character over its own earlier RCD because the overall shape and arrangement of features were essentially the same.
- ›The holder argued the invalidity claim was inadequately reasoned and that the applicant's cited design could not qualify as prior art under the applicable disclosure rules.
- ›The Division found the applicant's cited RCD was published on 13/11/2018, the same day the contested design was filed, so it was not disclosed before the relevant date under Article 7 CDR.
- ›The Article 25(1)(d) ground was inadmissible because the applicant never provided supporting facts, evidence, or arguments after being invited to remedy the deficiency.
- ›The application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's representation costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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