Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-25
000121359
Contested design: 006350351-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 008146088-0001 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 008146088-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ningbo Jiuyi Electronics & Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
West-No. 169 Huishi RD, Jishigang Town, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315000, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ling Wang
Belgium (BE)
Domien Liekenslaan 6, 3140 Keerbergen, Belgium
Prior art cited (1)
Direct plug in power meter
Intertek certificate No 16SNHO118-02; test report No 151201324SHA-001 · Invoice for shipment from China to Gdansk, Poland, corroborated by Intertek CDF and test report · disclosed 2018-04-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested design lacked novelty because an identical plug-in power meter was evidenced by Intertek certification documents and had been sold at least by 12/04/2018.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the certificate, CDF and test report were linked, and the invoice corroborated that the prior design had been put on the market and publicly disclosed under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Comparing the designs directly, the Division found them identical apart from immaterial informational stickers, so the contested design lacked novelty under Article 5(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The application was upheld, the design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear fixed costs of EUR 750.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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