Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-20
000116229
Contested design: 008558431-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0085584310003 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)
Hand needle wool knitting machine
CN 305587005 S · CNIPA patent database · disclosed 2020-02-04
same knitting machine design presented on the YouTube portal before the filing date
YouTube · YouTube
same knitting machine design sold by other business entities before the filing date
other business entities
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on earlier disclosures of the same knitting machine, especially Chinese design patent CN 305587005 S published on 2020-02-04.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted Annex 1 as a prior disclosure under Article 7 and found the designer had enough freedom that minor differences would not change the overall impression.
- ›The contested design was virtually identical to the prior design, so it lacked individual character and was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI – ALOISI
Decision files
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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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