Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-22
000117653
Contested design: 008201453-0001
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 008201453-0001 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 Special Economic Zone Runwin Electric Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Qinshi Industrial Zone #33 Sanzao Town, Zhuhai - Guandong Province 519040, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ma, Yanpeng
China (CN)
No. 027, Leijiagou Village, Babao Township, Lin County, Shanxi Province 033200, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
electric heater
Chinese design No 200830049725.5 · Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China / DesignView · disclosed 2009-07-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Chinese heater design published in 2009.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut disclosure or contest the comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier Chinese design and found only minor differences within a broad design freedom for outdoor electric heaters.
- ›The contested design produced the same overall impression as the prior design, so the application was upheld and the RCD declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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