Invalidity · first instance · 2022-01-25
000116467
Contested design: 008419113-0001
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 008419113-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhiyuan Guanvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Building 46, Binxing Community Binjiang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310052, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Juan Livia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 034, Tongcheng Village, Shantou Town, Sixian County, Suzhou City, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Chinese design patent for a garment steamer
CN 305255868 S · China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) · disclosed 2019-07-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on Chinese design patent CN 305255868 S published before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier Chinese design had been disclosed and that both garment steamer designs created the same overall impression despite minor colour and bottom-detail differences.
- ›The application was upheld on Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4 and 6(1)(b), so the contested design was declared invalid and further grounds were not examined.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
Decision files
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