Invalidity · first instance · 2023-02-20
000119758
Contested design: 004063600-0005
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No. 004063600-0005 is declared invalid; the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 004063600-0005 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xia Guovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 239, Wangshan Road Jiangbei Distric, Ningbo City 315000, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Letright Industrial Corp., Ltd.
China (CN)
No. 169 Wuchang Avenue, Wuchang Street, Yuhang District Hangzhou, Provinz Zhejiang 310023, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Meiting Zhu
Prior art cited (1)
chair
CN302356819S · WIPO Global Design Database · disclosed 2013-03-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested chair design lacked novelty and individual character in light of several earlier designs, especially Chinese design D1.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as disclosed through the WIPO database and found that minor differences did not change the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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