Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-30
000117492
Contested design: 007015144-0001
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 007015144-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Wang Jianvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.38, Group 6, Dongshan Village, Huichun Town, Yilong County, Sichuan Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Zhuhai Hong Tong Tong Cross-border Business Electronics Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Rm.105-43143, No.6, Baohua Rd., Hengqin New Dist., Zhuhai, China
Prior art cited (1)
pens
Community design registration No 006689576-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-08-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Community design for pens published before the contested filing date.
- ›The applicant argued colours, materials, and attached brands or labels in the prior design should be disregarded because the contested design was the reference point.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was validly disclosed and that the designs produced the same overall impression on the informed user despite a minor metallic-tip difference.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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