Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-30
000111423
Contested design: 006503900-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0065039000001 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
Wenzhou Bainuo Electric Appliance Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
North of the Second Floor of Building 1, No. 18 Beiwei Second Road, Ouhai, Wenzhou City (Zhejiang Province) 325036, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ling Wang
Belgium (BE)
Domien Liekenslaan 6, 3140 Keerbergen, Belgium
Prior art cited (1)
electric comb or hairbrush
CN 304764420 S · Chinese design patent publication · disclosed 2018-08-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier Chinese Design Patent No CN 304764420 S, published on 2018-08-07.
- ›The holder did not submit any observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted the Chinese design patent publication as prior disclosure, found broad designer freedom for electric combs or hairbrushes, and treated the colour arrangement and visible cable as minor differences.
- ›Because the designs shared the same overall shape, handle, controls and decorative pattern, the contested RCD produced the same overall impression and lacked individual character, so it was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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