Invalidity · first instance · 2020-09-23
000110221
Contested design: 004688521-0001
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 004688521-0001 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
Shenzhen Zhuoyi Sports equipment CO., LTDvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 508, Yuehua Building, Taoyuan Road, Sungang Street, Luohu, Shenzhen 518000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Liu Baohe
China (CN)
No.288, Linchuan Avenue,Linchuan DIST, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province 344000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Karel Mul
Prior art cited (3)
fragrant fragrance machine
CN 304033306 S · China · disclosed 2017-02-08
aromatherapy machine
CN 302031865 S · China · disclosed 2012-08-08
square solid wood aromatherapy humidifier
CN 304387841 S · China · disclosed 2017-12-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on three earlier Chinese design patents for fragrance or aromatherapy devices.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the cited designs but found D1 created a different overall impression, and D2 and D3 differed even more from the contested design.
- ›The invalidity ground under Article 25(1)(b) failed, so the application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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