Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-15
000110388
Contested design: 005636065-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 0056360650001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0056360650001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen A-unit Electronics Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
4th Floor, Building 8, Zhiheng, Strategic Emerging Industrial Park, Nankou Pass 2nd Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000 People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Holder · RCD owner
Rong Hua LIU
China (CN)
101B, 102B Building C6, Hengfeng Industrial Park, Hezhou, Xixiang, Bao’an district, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
adapter
CN304473231S · Chinese design registration / design patent certificate · disclosed 2018-01-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested adapter design lacked novelty and individual character over several earlier designs, in particular Chinese design registration D1.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure of D1 or the asserted lack of individual character.
- ›The Division accepted the Chinese design certificate as proof that D1 was published before the contested filing date and found broad design freedom for the adapter’s overall shape.
- ›It held that the shared casing shape and port arrangement dominated the comparison, so the contested RCD created the same overall impression as D1 and lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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