Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-20
000116228
Contested design: 008558431-0002
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 0085584310002 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
CN 303843243 S · CNIPA patent database · disclosed 2016-09-07
same knitting machine presented on the YouTube portal
YouTube
same or highly similar knitting machines sold by other business entities
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier Chinese design patent, a YouTube disclosure, and earlier market sales of similar knitting machines.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the Chinese design patent from 7 September 2016 and found the contested design practically identical to that prior design, with only negligible differences.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, so the invalidity application was upheld and the design was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI – ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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