Invalidity · first instance · 2023-02-01
000118019
Contested design: 004111847-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Registered Community design 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 No 0041118470001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Caihong Dengvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 48 Fuzhatun, Zhongzhen Village, Gutanxiang, Long’an County, Nanning City, Guangxi Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Xinhuiyuan Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
3rd Floor, Building A, Xingguang Industrial Park, No. 4, Shihuan Road, Shilong Community, Shiyan Street, Bao’an District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
sewing machine
CN 3296037 D (application No 02363013.2) · Chinese design patent publication · disclosed 2003-05-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity because the contested sewing-machine design lacked novelty and individual character in light of an earlier Chinese design patent publication.
- ›The holder argued that the contested design differed from the earlier design and therefore was new and had individual character, but submitted no evidence against disclosure.
- ›The Division accepted publication of Chinese design No CN 3296037 D on 21 May 2003 as prior disclosure and found the informed user would perceive the compared designs as producing the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b) CDR, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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