Invalidity · first instance · 2021-04-23
000114083
Contested design: 008006860-0001
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 0080068600001 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
BeiAng Air Tech Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 175 Song Bei Rd, Souzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
TTCP sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
Siewna 34a, 31231 Kraków, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
air purifier
Chinese design patent No ZL 2015 3 033 593 3.1 / CN 303 543 777 S · Chinese patent database · disclosed 2016-01-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on its earlier Chinese design patent for an air purifier and alleged the holder had copied it in bad faith.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found bad faith inadmissible as a standalone invalidity ground, accepted the Chinese patent publication as prior disclosure, and assessed individual character under Article 6 CDR.
- ›Because the designs were practically identical and the minor differences did not alter the overall impression, the RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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