Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-20
000116227
Contested design: 008558431-0001
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 0085584310001 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
Qinghao Linvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
17 Shagang Lane, Chengnan Community, Fengxiang Sub-district, Chenghai District, Shantou, Guangdong 515800, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Zhengnan Gong
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Jiamite Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
606609, Building E, No. 416, Huarong Road, Langkou Community, Dalang Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (3)
Toy knitting machine (penguin)
CN 302896187 S · China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) patent database · disclosed 2014-07-30
same knitting machine design presented on the YouTube portal before the contested filing date
YouTube · YouTube
same or highly similar knitting machines sold by other business entities before the contested filing date
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested knitting machine design lacked novelty and individual character because the same design had already been disclosed before 31/05/2021.
- ›The applicant relied on a 30/07/2014 CNIPA design patent publication, YouTube disclosure, and prior market sales by other businesses.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the 2014 CNIPA design as prior disclosure and found the contested design practically identical apart from negligible detail differences.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- 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 ↗ |
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