Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-04
000119681
Contested design: 008105753-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008105753-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Alexander Hulmevia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Apartment 203, Margerie Court, 5 Esker Place, London, E2 9FH United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Qun Lv
China (CN)
Unit 1, Bldg. 57, Xixigu Vil., Jiangdong St., Yiwu,, Jinhua, Zhejiang China
Represented by
Sławomir Krzysztof Nowicki
Prior art cited (1)
holders, stands and supports for electronic equipment
UK national design registration No 6093533 · UK Designs Bulletin
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over UK national design registration No 6093533 for a mobile phone stand.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the UK design had been disclosed before the contested filing date and that the designer enjoyed a high degree of freedom.
- ›It concluded that the similar overall shape and arm configuration outweighed minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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