Invalidity · first instance · 2023-08-15
000121360
Contested design: 009091234-0001
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 0090912340001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Changjiang Xutangrui Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Rm. 1910, Unit 1, Building 1, Jingfu Community, Hongmian West Rd., Changjiang Li Autonomous County 572799, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Xiaoying Pan
China (CN)
Group 3, Chenyan Village, Pengchang Town, Xiantao City 433000, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
charger/adapter
Community design No 0088560330002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-02-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on its earlier Community design for a charger/adapter published before the contested filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, leaving the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the earlier RCD as validly disclosed under Article 7(1) and found broad enough design freedom that the identified differences did not alter the overall impression.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), so the application was upheld, the design invalidated, and costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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