Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-23
000118298
Contested design: 008559512-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; RCD No 008559512-0001 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 008559512-0001 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, 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)
Design of the 'SEVILLA 1500' outdoor heater (product 'ZHQ1524')
OUT TRADE 2019 product catalogue, page 29 · OUT TRADE product catalogue · disclosed 2019-01-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on the 2019 OUT TRADE catalogue showing the SEVILLA 1500 heater (product ZHQ1524).
- ›The holder was invited to file observations but did not respond to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the catalogue excerpt as a prior disclosure under Article 7 CDR and identified the informed user as a person familiar with outdoor heaters.
- ›It found only minor differences in the heater tops and held that the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior design, so it lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
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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