Invalidity · first instance · 2020-12-22
000105860
Contested design: 004680296-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0046802960001 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
Shenzhen Taiden Industrial Co., LTD.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
6/F, Block B, Future Plaza, 6060 Qiaoxiang Rd, Nanshan District, Shenzhen Guangdong 518053, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Televic Conferencevia PDF extraction
Belgium (BE)
Leo Bekaertlaan 1, 8870 Izegem, Belgium
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Chinese design patent registration for an electronic conference nameplate
CN 302 798 271 S · Chinese National Intellectual Property Administration · disclosed 2014-04-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over several earlier designs, relying in particular on Chinese design CN 302 798 271 S.
- ›The holder argued its electronic nameplate had design awards, that designer freedom was limited, and that its thin profile, asymmetric base, light bar, and button created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found the earlier Chinese design had been validly disclosed, considered designer freedom broadly preserved, and treated the claimed differences as minor or partly functional.
- ›The contested design reproduced the prior design’s overall impression and was invalidated in full; the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit CESSY FILTENBORG
Decision files
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