Invalidity · first instance · 2023-09-14
000121323
Contested design: 015006360-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015006360-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yin Wangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.415, Juli Village, Zhouwo Town, Wuqiang County, Hengshui, Hebei 053000, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Vinabo Max Intelligent Limited
Hong Kong (HK)
Flat/Rm B. 13/F Gold Shine Tower, No.346348 Queen’s Rd Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong 999077, Hong Kong
Represented by
Berk Gokhan
Prior art cited (1)
environmental thermometer
Chinese design application No 202130806845.0 · Office DESIGNview portal · disclosed 2022-05-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested environmental thermometer lacked individual character because it created the same overall impression as an earlier Chinese design.
- ›Applicant relied on DESIGNview material and a certificate for Chinese design application No 202130806845.0 published on 2022-05-03.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the prior design was disclosed and that shared casing, display, graphics, and colour features outweighed only minor differences.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character and the holder was ordered to bear EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
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