Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-12
000117772
Contested design: 008754451-0001
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 008754451-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhuhai Meding Technology CO., LTD.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 213, 3# factory Building, North of Zhuhai Avenue, Hongqi Town, Jinwan District Zhugai, Hongqi Town 519000 China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xinran Li
China (CN)
No. 9-2, Tangming Road, Gongming Street, Guangming New District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
radio-flashlight body
CN 305275608-S · Chinese National Intellectual Property Administration bulletin · disclosed 2019-07-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity over earlier Chinese design CN 305275608-S published on 2019-07-26.
- ›Holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the CNIPA publication as prior disclosure and found the designs overwhelmingly similar in their overall appearance.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid; costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico DERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
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