Invalidity · first instance · 2021-01-27
000111221
Contested design: 006497129-0005
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 0064971290005 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
Taizhou Huangyan Huiling Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No 78 Lianping Road, Chengjiang Street, Huangyan District, Taizhou city (Zhejiang Province) 318020, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
YongKang Sinotech Import & Export., LTD
China (CN)
No.350 tanghis industry, YongKang 321300, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
tricycle
CN 303168457 · China · disclosed 2015-04-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity based on an earlier Chinese design patent for a tricycle, arguing the contested electric motorcycle lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder argued the prior design was not a relevant disclosure and that differences in wheel configuration, bodywork, mirrors, storage box, and other features created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted publication of CN 303168457 as prior disclosure, found the informed user had a high level of attention, and considered the designer's freedom at least average for these motorcycles.
- ›It held the shared front and rear bodywork, handlebars, seat, and footrest dominated the overall impression, so the contested RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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