Invalidity · first instance · 2022-06-16
000117459
Contested design: 007749130-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Registered Community design 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 007749130-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Luo Chengxinvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yuanshan Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518115, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Shuihua Liuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
no.12, Shangbanyi Lane, Maosheng Village, Henggang Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen City, China
Prior art cited (1)
mousetraps
CN 305403182 S · China · disclosed 2019-10-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested mousetrap design reproduced earlier Chinese design CN 305403182 S and therefore lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but submitted no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Chinese design publication as prior disclosure under Article 7 CDR and found the compared designs identical apart from at most immaterial details.
- ›The application was upheld on lack of novelty under Article 25(1)(b) and Article 5(1)(b) CDR, so the other invoked grounds were not examined.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
Decision files
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