Invalidity · first instance · 2022-01-03
000116146
Contested design: 008485528-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008485528-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mikalai Struneuskivia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit F, Winston Business Park Churchill Way, 96869, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Luoshan county qimingxinghui electric appliance sales co. LTD
China (CN)
Room 404, unit 1, Building 1, Xinshang Road, Baocheng West Road, Luoshan County, Xinyang City, Henan Province, 464000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
animal repellent device
RCD No 008262968-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-02-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD 008262968-0001, and argued the designer had broad freedom in this product sector.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD through its prior Community Designs Bulletin publication and found no severe design constraints for animal repellent devices.
- ›It held that the designs' shared elongated cylindrical body, square head and central connector dominated minor differences in colour, transparency and proportions, producing the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
Decision files
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