Invalidity · first instance · 2022-01-12
000116449
Contested design: 008174635-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 008174635-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 008174635-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Shunli Communication Co., Ltd
China (CN)
1201, Bldg N, Toy City, No. 132, Busha Rd, Nanwan St, Longgang Dist, Shenzhen 518000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Tianmen Juneng Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No.13, Group 5, Liangchang Village, Tuoshi Town, Tianmen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
mobile telephone case design
Chinese patent No CN305191543 · Chinese patent document
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested mobile phone case design lacked novelty and individual character because it was fully anticipated by Chinese patent CN305191543 submitted as Annex 2.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Chinese patent document as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and considered designer freedom broad mainly as to decoration and surface patterns.
- ›Differences in colour and hole shapes were not decisive; the designs created the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI – ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| 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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