Invalidity · first instance · 2021-04-27
000114108
Contested design: 008199970-0002
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 0081999700002 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 Zuokou Trading Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
2F, Bldg. A, Shatou Songshan Industrial Park, No.36 Shazhong Rd., Shajing St., BaoAn Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen LaiTeNingNai Technology Co., Ltd
China (CN)
710, Bldg. D, Bantian International Center, No. 5, Huancheng South Road, Bantian St., Longgang Dist. Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Maria Ioannides
Prior art cited (1)
cover for a smartwatch
EM7000000072696180001 · disclosed 2019-11-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity of the contested smartwatch-cover design for lack of novelty or individual character over earlier Community design D1.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division treated D1 as sufficiently identified despite an auto-added e-filing prefix and found it disclosed by publication before the RCD filing date.
- ›Given the designer’s broad freedom and only minor differences, the RCD produced the same overall impression as D1 and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| 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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