Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-30
000113024
Contested design: 007849682-0001
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 0078496820001 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
Moon & Kings Union GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Hauptstr. 12, 89143 Blaubeuren, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yong Jie Wu
China (CN)
#199, JinJia Weir, JinQiao Village, XiWu Street, FengHua City, ZheJiang Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
cooking stove
RCD 003702166-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-02-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity based on earlier RCD 003702166-0001, arguing the contested baker's oven lacked novelty and at least individual character.
- ›The holder argued the designs were not identical and pointed to differences in the handles, engraving, thermometer position, and technical features of outdoor cooking devices.
- ›The Division rejected the Article 25(1)(d) ground and the novelty claim, but found the earlier RCD had been disclosed and produced a very similar overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6 CDR, and the contested RCD was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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