Invalidity · first instance · 2020-05-20
000108461
Contested design: 003047885-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0030478850001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hauck GmbH & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Postfach 11 60, 96238 Sonnefeld, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Land Leopard (Xiamen) Industrial Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 202 No 28 Xiang Yue Rd, Torch Industrial Area, Xiang An District, Xiamen 361101, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
baby carriage
Chinese design document No 201530087665.6 · China · disclosed 2015-09-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier Chinese design document No 201530087665.6.
- ›Holder accepted disclosure of the earlier design but argued the contested baby carriage differed in seat position, chassis, awning, basket and wheels.
- ›The Division found the earlier design was validly disclosed before the RCD filing date and that designer freedom for baby carriages was broad.
- ›Despite similarities typical of light baby carriages, the identified design differences created a different overall impression on the informed user, so the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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