Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-28
000122056
Contested design: 006329686-0012
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 006329686-0012 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jing Sunvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Xinwei Huarong Community, Dalang Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen, China
Holder · RCD owner
Jiahao Li
China (CN)
Bldg 3, Wenlan yuan, Dahe Road, Longhua District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Marinos Cleanthous
Prior art cited (1)
Chinese design registration for products in class 10-05 (Locarno)
CN 302053198 S · Chinese National Intellectual Property Administration Office · disclosed 2012-08-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on earlier Chinese design registration CN 302053198 S published before the contested filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division assessed individual character first, found the earlier Chinese registration was validly disclosed under Article 7(1), and held both designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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