Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-17
000117978
Contested design: 008610497-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 008610497-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008610497-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jinhe Lanvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 9 Tongren Road, Chengdong Community Committee, Huliao Town, Dapu County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Iannis Roman
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Minbo Trading Co., Ltd
China (CN)
405, Fengze Garden, Tantou Village, Songgang, Songgang Street, Baoan District, Shenzhen, 518000, China
Represented by
André Guerreiro Rodrigues
Prior art cited (1)
detectors
Chinese design patent registration No 201730654551.4 · Chinese design patent registration excerpt · disclosed 2018-07-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested radar design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier Chinese design patent No 201730654551.4 published before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to file observations but did not respond to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the earlier design as disclosed, found at least average designer freedom, and held that the minor visual differences did not change the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico DERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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