Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-26
000118337
Contested design: 008282552-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 008282552-0001 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 008282552-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Cixi Delang Electrical Appliances Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Rm 22-1, 22-3 Jinshuai Building, No. 1858 Xinxheng North Rd., Ningbo, 315300, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ying Liuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 5 Jianshe North Street, Lishi District, Luliang City, Shanxi Province, 033000, China
Represented by
Filippo Garbagnati
Prior art cited (1)
Calefactor radiante SUNTEC Night Sun outdoor heater
ASIN B00381URHY · amazon.es · disclosed 2012-12-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier Amazon-disclosed heater and also argued the design was solely functional.
- ›Holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found no proof that the essential features were chosen solely for technical function, so the Article 8(1) ground failed.
- ›The Division accepted Annex 1 as disclosed by 2012-12-06 and found the prior and contested heaters created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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