Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-13
000115484
Contested design: 008212914-0005
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 008212914-0005 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
Xiaolong Yangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Group 2, Songyuan Village, Nanwan Township, Hengdong CountyHunan 421400, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Aimo Marking Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
28532, Rm. 105, 6 Baohua Rd., Hengqin New AreaZhuhai, Guangdong 519000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
Ribbon carriage M.12MM
CN303329512 S · Chinese Patent Office · disclosed 2015-08-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying inter alia on earlier Chinese design patent CN303329512 S submitted as EV3.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted EV3 as a prior disclosure under Article 7 and found the contested cartridge design produced the same overall impression as EV3.
- ›Because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6, the application was upheld and the RCD declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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