Invalidity · first instance · 2021-03-26
000114062
Contested design: 007758172-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay 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 0077581720001 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
Jianming Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
22E, Haiyi Ge, Huijing Garden No.10 Kexing Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518057, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Bei Jing Yang Yi Sheng Da Trading Co.,Ltd
China (CN)
No. 065A, w hall, guanjinglong Market, No. 30, Qiao Nan Kan Dan Road, Fengtai Town, Fengtai District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
chair
Community design registration No 0056116620001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-08-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier Community design No 0056116620001.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Invalidity Division treated publication of the earlier RCD in the Community Designs Bulletin as prior disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Given broad design freedom for chairs, the Division found the two designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
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