Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-03
000118242
Contested design: 008847297-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application against RCD No 008847297-0001 is rejected, and the holder is ordered to bear costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity registered Community design No 008847297-0001 is rejected. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €400
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
Taizhou Weiye Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
1F, Bldg 2, No. 699, Qinglongpu Rd, East New Dist, Taizhou Bay New Dist, Taizhou City, Zhejiang 317600, China
Represented by
Giang Zhou
Prior art cited (15)
electric heater
Community design No 002704239-0001; UK Registered Design No 9002704239-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-05-22
outdoor heater
ZHQ2124 / ZHQ1524-I · catalogues and EMC/IEC test reports · disclosed 2011-01-06
outdoor heater
ZHQ2125 · catalogues and test reports · disclosed 2011-01-06
outdoor heater
ZHQ1524-WA-I · applicant invoices · disclosed 2012-07-31
2.5kW IP34 Heatlab Hanging Patio Heater
https://primrose.co.uk · primrose.co.uk
2.5kW IP34 Heatlab Hanging Patio Heater
https://primrose.fr · primrose.fr
1.5kW Infrarred Hanging Patio Heater
https://wayfair.co.uk · wayfair.co.uk · disclosed 2020-10-25
electric heater
https://www.amazon.fr · Amazon
heating projector
www.cdiscount.com · CDiscount · disclosed 2018-07-08
electric heater
various websites · disclosed 2021-08-21
electric heater
various websites · disclosed 2020-10-31
electric heater
various websites · disclosed 2020-04-15
electric heater
various websites · disclosed 2020-10-31
electric heater
various websites · disclosed 2020-11-25
electric heater
various websites · disclosed 2020-11-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on D1 to D15 as earlier heater designs disclosed before the contested design's filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the invoked prior designs but found notable differences in the contested heater's cover shape, relief pattern, colour treatment, grill and source-unit configuration.
- ›Given the informed user's attention and the designer's relatively broad freedom, the contested design produced a different overall impression, so the application was rejected.
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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