Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-24
000119839
Contested design: 006897500-0001
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 006897500-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yiwu Locyop Household Product Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 45, Longxiang Road, Yidong Industrial Park, Niansanli Street, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shanghai Benxu Precision Mold Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
NO. 489 and 499 Guanghua Road, Xiaokunshan Town, Songjiang District, Shanghai, China
Represented by
Marcella Clarke
Prior art cited (1)
folding stool
CN 208769205 U · Shenzhen Jingying Patent Office · disclosed 2019-04-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier disclosures, including Chinese patent CN 208769205 U for a folding stool.
- ›The holder filed no observations despite being invited to respond to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the patent publication as prior disclosure and found the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, despite minor differences.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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