Invalidity · first instance · 2020-07-24
000110241
Contested design: 006384814-0001
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 006384814-0001 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
Dongguan Leixiang Electronics Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
2th Floor, 3th Building, NO.9 Jinhe Road, Jinhe Community, Zhangmutou Town, 523628 Dongguan, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Holder · RCD owner
Dongguan Shengming Industrial Co.,Ltd
China (CN)
Tiansheng Hu Cun Group, Luoma Road, Luoma Village, Qingxi Town, Dongguan, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Marinos Cleanthous
Prior art cited (2)
hot air comb
CN 304364620 S · Chinese patent document · disclosed 2017-11-21
combs
RCD 6293932-0001 · Office Bulletin · disclosed 2019-03-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier RCD and a Chinese design patent, arguing the contested design shared all essential features.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not respond to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of both earlier designs and found the contested hair-styling apparatus produced the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, so the RCD was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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