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, Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 1902 Block A, Dream City, East Modern City, Nanhai Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Sijie Xuvia PDF extraction
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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