Invalidity · first instance · 2022-06-20
000115886
Contested design: 007788740-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0077887400001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hetaida Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
4F, Baishida High-Tech Park, Xiangdong Industrial Area, Dalinshan Town, Dongguan, Guangdong Province 523000, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Top High Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
101B, 102B Building C6, Hengfeng Industrial Park, Hezhou, Xixiang, Bao’an district, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
digital thermometer design
CN 304116663 S · Chinese patent database · disclosed 2017-04-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on Chinese design patent CN 304116663 S published before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the shared features were technically dictated and that added button, handle shape, and colouring gave the contested thermometer a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found disclosure of the Chinese patent proven, considered designer freedom only partly constrained, and held that the differences were not significant for the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR; the holder was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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