Invalidity · first instance · 2021-05-07
000113101
Contested design: 007772827-0001
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 0077728270001 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
Haisen Livia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No 15 Jiaochang, Xiaogang Town, Dongxiang District, Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
David Evans
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Diaobo Technology Co., LTDvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Rm. 1201, No 3, Lane 2, Area B, Shangnian Vil., Shangcun Community, Gongming St., Guangming Dist., Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Marcella Clarke
Prior art cited (1)
waist pack design
Chinese design application No 201730491518.4 (registration No 304601482) · DesignView database · disclosed 2018-05-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier Chinese design disclosed through DesignView before the RCD filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier design and found only minor strap and detail differences that did not alter the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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