Invalidity · first instance · 2023-08-01
000121361
Contested design: 008939474-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holders 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 008939474-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Anker Innovations Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 701, 7F building7, 1st phase of Headquarters Building of Changsha, Zhongdian Software Park Co., Ltd., No. 39 Jianshan Road, Changsha National High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Changsha, China
Holder · RCD owner
Ace Kingvia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Napoli n. 42, 65121 Pescara, Italy
Prior art cited (1)
charging station
Chinese design patent No CN 307112688 S (application No 202130634747.3) · Chinese design patent publication and EUIPO DesignView portal · disclosed 2022-02-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity on the ground that the contested charging-station design lacked novelty because it copied an earlier Chinese design patent disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied on Chinese design patent CN 307112688 S, its English translation, and a DesignView extract to prove prior disclosure and identity of the designs.
- ›The holders filed no observations, and the Division accepted publication of the earlier Chinese design on 15 February 2022 as sufficient disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›The Division found no differences between the prior and contested designs, held the contested RCD not new under Article 5(1)(b) CDR, and declared it invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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