Invalidity · first instance · 2022-12-08
000117495
Contested design: 006385118-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD 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 0063851180002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Liese Amelang W LTDvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Suite 352 82-84 Bell Yard, London WC2A 2JR, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Baoshunjia Technology Co., Ltd
China (CN)
Rm. 308, Building 3, No. 55, Baozi North Road, Xiuxin Community, Kengzi Sub-dist., Pingshan Dist., Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Sławomir Krzysztof Nowicki
Prior art cited (1)
6 in 1 tool pen
Chinese design No 201630061032.2 · Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China · disclosed 2016-07-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Chinese design for a 6 in 1 tool pen published before the contested filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut disclosure of the earlier design or contest the applicant's comparison.
- ›The Division accepted the Chinese registration certificate as sufficient proof of disclosure under Article 7(1) and assessed the case first under individual character.
- ›It found the pens shared the same overall shape, proportions, and arrangement of visible components, with only minor differences insufficient to alter the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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