Invalidity · first instance · 2020-09-28
000110301
Contested design: 005330115-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 005330115-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant's costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dongguan Dingyimei Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.73 Xintang New Road, Xintang Village, Dalingshan Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Maiyiwei Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
K401 Jinhetian Business Center, No.329 Longhuan 3rd Road, Sanlian Community, Longhua St., Longhua Dsit., Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
beauty instrument to remove blackheads
Chinese design registration No 303914356 · WIPO Global Design Database · disclosed 2016-11-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on prior design D1 and arguing that even the nozzle and control details were the same.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the applicant's evidence and arguments undefended.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as disclosed through the WIPO Global Design Database before the filing date and assessed individual character on that basis.
- ›It found the compared designs almost identical, with only minor nozzle differences that did not alter the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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