Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-25
000119078
Contested design: 005945193-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0059451930001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Burn Technology, Ltd
China (CN)
Room 1902 Block A, Dream City, East Modern City, Nanhai Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Sijie Xu
China (CN)
No. 10 Magongzai, Donghai Tn., Lufeng City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Karel Mul
Prior art cited (1)
massage apparatus
RCD No 0060856430001; Chinese application No 2018305130212 · Office's Bulletin · disclosed 2019-03-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(d) CDR based on its later-filed RCD No 0060856430001 claiming priority from a Chinese design application dated 12/09/2018.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division held the claimed priority was invalid because the Chinese priority document showed the design in greyscale while the cited RCD claimed colour, which was not an immaterial difference.
- ›Without a valid priority date, the cited RCD was not an earlier protected right before the contested design filing date, so the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
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