Invalidity · first instance · 2021-04-23
000114084
Contested design: 008006860-0002
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 0080068600002 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
CN 304 421 813 S / ZL 2017 3 029 982 9.0 · Chinese patent database · disclosed 2017-12-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) CDR, arguing the contested air-purifier design lacked novelty and individual character over its earlier Chinese design patent and alleging bad faith.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the invalidity application undefended on the merits.
- ›The Division held bad faith inadmissible as an invalidity ground, accepted the Chinese patent publication as prior disclosure, and found broad designer freedom in air purifiers.
- ›Because the compared designs were practically identical and produced the same overall impression, the Division upheld the application and invalidated the RCD in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
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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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