Invalidity · first instance · 2022-04-08
000113981
Contested design: 003013796-0012
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder’s fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0030137960012 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Sportstech Brands Holding GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Potsdamer Platz 11, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Hangzhou Chic Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd
China (CN)
No.6 Building, 3rd Floor, Liangzhu University Keji Garden, Liangzhu Street, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province 310000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
electric scooter
RCD No 0027179750001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-07-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier RCD No 0027179750001 for an electric scooter.
- ›Holder argued the earlier RCD derived from its own earlier design history and that the contested design had materially different protected features.
- ›The Division treated the applicant’s earlier RCD as disclosed but focused the comparison on protected features, excluding broken-line details and colour.
- ›It found differences in the footpads, mudguards, side views and underside sufficient to create a different overall impression, so the application failed.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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