Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-16
000112763
Contested design: 005300506-0005
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 0053005060005 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
Cavius ApSvia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Julsovej 16, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Heiman Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No.84 Fuqian Road, Yuexingwei Community, Guanlan, Longhua New District, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
Prior art cited (1)
smoke alarm
RCD No 0035286450001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-12-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over its earlier smoke-alarm RCD and also invoked Article 25(1)(d) CDR.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure beyond the earlier RCD, argued a highly attentive informed user, and claimed technical constraints and visible differences created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division rejected Article 25(1)(d) because the earlier design had been published before the contested filing date, but accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Comparing the main visible features, proportions, and decorative pattern, the Division found only detail differences and concluded the contested RCD lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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