Invalidity · first instance · 2023-08-14
000121382
Contested design: 009151111-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD 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 0091511110002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Lanneng Times New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 208, 2F, Building A, Village South Industrial Zone, No. 27, District 1, Shuidoulaowei Village, Yousong Community, Longhua Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen City 518000, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Holder · RCD owner
White & Fluffy Vertriebs GmbH
Germany (DE)
Hauptstrasse 5, 82223 Eichenau, Germany
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
electrical power pack
Chinese design patent No CN 306794225 S (application No 202130115949.7) · China · disclosed 2021-08-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested electrical power pack lacked novelty and individual character because earlier Chinese design patent CN 306794225 S had been published before filing and showed an almost identical design.
- ›The holder was invited to submit observations on the invalidity application but did not reply.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the Chinese design patent under Article 7(1) CDR and found that differences in body lines, symbols, screen indications, and colours did not alter the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›Because the contested design produced the same overall impression as the prior design and therefore lacked individual character, the application was upheld and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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