Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-20
000117997
Contested design: 008486617-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008486617-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant's costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Anhui Yayale Child Products Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Longtan North Road, Economic and technological developing zone, Shucheng, Anhui 231300, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Anhui Hope Child Product Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 602, Penglai Road, Economic & Technology Development Zone, Hefei City, Anhui Province 230601, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
pushchair
CN 305 696 798 S · Chinese patent document · disclosed 2020-04-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested pushchair lacked novelty and individual character over three earlier designs D1 to D3 disclosed before the filing date, and said designer freedom for buggies was broad.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted publication of Chinese design patent D1 on 10 April 2020 as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found broad designer freedom for pushchairs.
- ›It found the shared frame, canopy, basket, wheel arrangement, and other structural similarities outweighed minor differences, so the contested design created the same overall impression as D1.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and costs of EUR 750 were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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