Invalidity · first instance · 2022-12-19
000119019
Contested design: 008017859-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0080178590001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen IMDK Medical Technology Co.,Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
C Zone,10F,Building 16,Yuanshan Industrial B Area, Gongming Street, Guangming District,, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, 518106 China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Max digital ltd
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit 18a Britannia estate Leagrave road, Luton Luton LU3 1RJ United Kingdom
Prior art cited (1)
nebulisers and inhalation therapy nebulisers
RCD No 0055355230004 · Office's Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-10-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity because the contested nebuliser design was allegedly anticipated by earlier disclosed designs and lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The applicant relied, inter alia, on earlier RCD No 0055355230004 published in the Office's Designs Bulletin on 22 October 2018.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so there was no rebuttal on disclosure or on the comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was properly disclosed and that the contested design created the same overall impression despite transparency and colour differences.
- ›The application was upheld for lack of individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, the contested design was invalidated, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico DERRICO
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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