Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-04
000114721
Contested design: 008209522-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008209522-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jianping Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 2-1, Xiayuanpu, Xianglan Village, Xiadu Township, Shanghang County, Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Holder · RCD owner
Zhuhai Boyeezon Technology co., Ltd
China (CN)
Room 508, 5th floor, Precision Workshop, No. 2 Shengli Road, Sanzao Town, Jinwan District, Zhuhai City, Guangdong province 519000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
label printer cartridge design
CN 303329512 S · Chinese Intellectual Property Office Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-08-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(b), arguing the contested label-printer cartridge design copied earlier disclosures, in particular Chinese design patent D1.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure and argued the cartridge frame differences were important because the products must fit into printers.
- ›The Division held the Article 25(1)(d) objection was irrelevant, accepted publication of D1 on 12 August 2015 as prior disclosure under Article 7(1), and found the designs almost identical.
- ›The only identified difference, a small rectangular label on the back view, was immaterial, so the contested RCD lacked novelty and was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- 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 ↗ |
Locarno classes
Similar decisions
Ranked by shared Locarno class + shared legal grounds + matching outcome. Click a case to view full detail.
| Case | Date | Outcome | Shared grounds | Locarno | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000114708 vs Zhuhai Boyeezon Technology Co., Ltd. | 2021-11-12 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 18 | 8 |
| 000114761 vs Zhuhai Boyeezon Technology co., Ltd | 2021-11-04 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 18 | 8 |
| 000124336 vs Radosław Pryba | 2026-05-27 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | — | 5 |
| 000132204 vs Baofeng LIU | 2026-05-26 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | — | 5 |
| 000132264 vs SHANDONG QIYUE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD | 2026-05-26 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | — | 5 |
| 000132185 vs Baofeng LIU | 2026-05-26 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | — | 5 |
| 000130164 vs Moritz Neugebauer | 2026-05-22 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | — | 5 |
| 000131404 vs Jiahe Lin | 2026-05-21 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | — | 5 |