Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-02
000115724
Contested design: 008263453-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0082634530001 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
Mingfeng Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Hubei Group 4 Hubei Village Simen, Yuyao, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Alberto Maria Giordano
Holder · RCD owner
Jiguo Pengvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
1st Floor, Building 1, Dezhong E-commerce Industrial Park, No 7 Lipu Street, Bantian Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen 518000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Tee waterproof junction box
CN304689358S (application No CN201730669062.6) · CNIPA / DesignView · disclosed 2018-06-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier Chinese design patent No CN304689358S published on 19 June 2018.
- ›The holder requested an extension of time but ultimately filed no substantive observations or evidence in reply.
- ›The Division accepted the earlier Chinese design as disclosed under Article 7(1) CDR based on the DesignView extract and Chinese patent publication.
- ›It found the minor differences in the ports, nuts and finish insufficient to alter the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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