Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-15
000116768
Contested design: 008210579-0001
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 008210579-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ontel Products Corporationvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
21 Law Drive, Fairfield, New Jersey 07004, United States of America
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ningbo Qianqian SHOW Household Co., Ltd
China (CN)
Zhangshu Industrial Zone, Xidian Town, Ninghai, Ningbo, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
desktop air cooler
RCD No 005969029-0001 · Office's eSearch database / Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-01-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, and even novelty, based on an earlier disclosed RCD for a desktop air cooler.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the invalidity allegations undefended.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of earlier RCD No 005969029-0001 and found broad design freedom for air cooling apparatus.
- ›It held that the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior design, so the RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
Decision files
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