Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-20
000116266
Contested design: 003560655-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear 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 0035606550001 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
Ting Pengvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No 5, Beizhuang Road, Haining, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jing Pang
China (CN)
No. 90, Unit 1, Qianshan Village, Hongfeng township, Xuanhan County, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Georgios Karakatsanis
Prior art cited (1)
scalloped interior socket tool
US design patent No Des. 385 762 · United States Patent Office database · disclosed 1997-11-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier socket-tool designs and especially US design patent Des. 385 762.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division treated the US design patent's publication date as sufficient disclosure and found tool-socket design freedom only partly constrained by function.
- ›It held the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior design, so it lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
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 ↗ |
Locarno classes
Similar decisions
Ranked by shared Locarno class + shared legal grounds + matching outcome. Click a case to view full detail.
| Case | Date | Outcome | Shared grounds | Locarno | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000131944 vs Jinsong Liu | 2026-04-29 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 08 | 8 |
| 000128757 vs Axue Jin | 2026-03-11 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 08 | 8 |
| 000127243 vs KNIPEX-WERK C. Gustav Putsch KG | 2026-03-05 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 08 | 8 |
| 000127279 vs KNIPEX-WERK C. Gustav Putsch KG | 2026-03-05 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 08 | 8 |
| 000127244 vs KNIPEX-WERK C. Gustav Putsch KG | 2026-03-05 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 08 | 8 |
| 000127245 vs KNIPEX-WERK C. Gustav Putsch KG | 2026-03-05 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 08 | 8 |
| 000127246 vs KNIPEX-WERK C. Gustav Putsch KG | 2026-03-05 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 08 | 8 |
| 000127241 vs KNIPEX-WERK C. Gustav Putsch KG | 2026-02-27 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 08 | 8 |