Invalidity · first instance · 2022-12-09
000119006
Contested design: 008079784-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD 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 0080797840001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ningbo Fabe Child Safety Co. Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Building 1, 1#, No.51, Longtanshan 2nd Road, Daqi, Beilun District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Su Jianfei
China (CN)
No. 49, Sansha Street, Dongwo Village, Sansha Town, Xiapu County, Fujian Province, 355100 China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Chinese utility model registration for a child safety lock
CN 201920145 U · China · disclosed 2011-08-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested child safety lock lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier Chinese utility model showing an almost identical design.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted disclosure of the earlier utility model and found only minor differences that did not alter the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid in full, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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