Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-23
000111202
Contested design: 004746907-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité est accueillie. 2. Le dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 004746907-0001 est déclaré nul. 3. La titulaire supporte les frais exposés par la demanderesse, fixés à 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhejiang Luqi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 1 & 2 Workshop, No. 209, Juming Road, Sanjia Subdistrict, Jiaojiang District, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, République populaire de Chine
Holder · RCD owner
Avacavia PDF extraction
France (FR)
50 lotissement le garay, 43120 Monistrol sur Loire, France
Prior art cited (1)
scooter electrique / scooter design
RCD No 004689727-0001 · Bulletin des dessins ou modeles communautaires · disclosed 2018-03-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(d) CDR, relying on its earlier registered Community design No 004689727-0001 for scooters and arguing the contested design showed the same vehicle with only a slightly different photo angle.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response and left the invalidity claim undefended.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been filed, registered, and disclosed before the contested design, so the prior-right condition was met, and assessed conflict under the same overall-impression test applied under Article 10 CDR.
- ›It held that numerous shared features of the scooter dominated the minor differences, so the contested design did not create a different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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