Invalidity · first instance · 2022-04-12
000117079
Contested design: 008400576-0001
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 008400576-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Meizhen Huangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 102, Huancun Road, Qianhang Village, Gushan Town, Yongkang City, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen BaiYao Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Second Floor 350-1, Guihua Road, Guihua Second Market, Guanlan Street, Longhua New District, Shenzhen 518000, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
shaker
RCD No 007999719-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2020-06-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier Community design No 007999719-0001 for a shaker.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but submitted no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been disclosed before the filing date and that the contested design differed only in immaterial details.
- ›The application was upheld on Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 5 CDR, so the contested design was declared invalid without examining Article 6.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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