Invalidity · first instance · 2020-12-02
000110061
Contested design: 006137006-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0061370060001 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
Yuyao Elet Appliance Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No 58, North Guangming Road, Simen Town, Yuyao, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
José Izquierdo Faces
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Greenway Electronic Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
The 1,2,3 Floor of 90th Building, The Second Industry Park of Lisonglang Community, Gongming Street, Guangming New District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
waterproof connectors
RCD No 0030432490005 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-05-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over its earlier RCD for waterproof connectors, also alleging EU sales of the same product before the contested priority date.
- ›The holder argued the designs were not identical, the identified differences were material, the contested design created a different overall impression, and some end-nut features were technically functional.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier RCD in the Community Designs Bulletin as sufficient disclosure under Article 7(1) and did not need to assess the additional sales evidence.
- ›Comparing the registered appearances, the Division found several body-shape, proportion, symmetry, and detail differences that gave the contested RCD a different overall impression and also defeated the novelty attack.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected, and the applicant was ordered to reimburse the holder's representation costs fixed at EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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