Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-19
000115602
Contested design: 008304638-0001
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 0083046380001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dongguan Wontravel Electric Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.1, Yuanshanzai Road, Xin’an District, Chang’an Town, Dongguan, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
André Guerreiro Rodrigues
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Baixicheng Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Rm. 107, Bldg. A, Chuangye No.1 Bldg., No. 43, Yanshan Rd., China Merchants St., Nanshan Dist., Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Power Adapters
Chinese design No 202030213249.7 · Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China · disclosed 2020-09-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier Chinese design No 202030213249.7 for power adapters.
- ›The applicant filed the Chinese design certificate and website extracts; the holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the earlier Chinese design had been validly disclosed before the contested filing date under Article 7 CDR.
- ›The overall impression did not differ, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid; the Article 25(1)(d) ground was inadmissible.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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