Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-23
000118297
Contested design: 008559512-0002
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 008559512-0002 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 Zzone Runwin Electric Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Qinshi Industrial Zone #33 Sanzao Town, Zhuhai - Guandong Province 519040, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Cixi Yike E-Commerce Co.,Ltd.
China (CN)
No.974. South Zhangxin Road, Qiaoyi Village, Xiaolin Town, Cixi, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
Sunred Barcelona electric heater
ZHQ1524 · OUTTRADE 2019 product catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier designs, especially the Sunred Barcelona heater shown in the OUTTRADE 2019 catalogue.
- ›Holder was invited to respond but filed no observations or evidence.
- ›The Division accepted the catalogue as prior disclosure under Article 7 and found the Barcelona heater design identical to the contested design apart from immaterial details.
- ›The application was upheld on novelty grounds under Articles 25(1)(b), 4(1) and 5(1)(b), so individual character and other earlier designs were not examined.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
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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