Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-28
000118417
Contested design: 008661839-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008661839-0001 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008661839-0001 is rejected. 3. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Guanzhen Zengvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Erlenweg 6, 64665 Alsbach-Haehnlein, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Chenyao Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 603, No. 12, Qilin West Nine Lane, Nankeng Community, Bantian Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province 518129, China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (3)
Ipalmay Home Duck Night Light for Kids
ASIN B08BP4VQJW · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2020-06-23
Dull Duck Sleep Lamp
https://www.behance.net/gallery/97744299/DULL-DUC · behance.net · disclosed 2020-05-26
United States copyright registration extract and drawings for the invoked creation
VA0002267585 · United States Copyright Office
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on three earlier duck-shaped night-lamp disclosures predating the contested design's filing date.
- ›Holder argued the application should fail on formal grounds because the applicant allegedly lacked a valid EEA domicile and representative, and filed no substantive novelty defence to Design 2.
- ›The Division rejected the holder's formal objection, found Designs 1 and 3 insufficiently proven as disclosures, and accepted only the Behance disclosure for Design 2.
- ›Although Design 2 matched the visible common views, it did not disclose all views shown in the contested design, so identity under Article 5 CDR was not established and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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