Invalidity · first instance · 2023-12-19
000119138
Contested design: 006658688-0002
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 0066586880002 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
Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbBvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Siebertstrasse 4, 81675 München, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Dyson Technology Limitedvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Tetbury Hill, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 0RP, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
crevice nozzle for a vacuum cleaner
CN 305104128 S (application No 201830215493.X) · China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) · disclosed 2019-04-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over Chinese design CN 305104128 S and argued the registration showed two inconsistent designs, so it failed Article 3(a).
- ›Holder argued the contested nozzle remained valid because its transparent tube, opaque collar, internal tubes and proportions created a distinct overall impression, and view 2.7 was a sectional view.
- ›The Division held view 2.7 still represented the same product and the Article 25(1)(a) challenge did not show the registration protected more than one design.
- ›It accepted disclosure of the Chinese design but found visible differences in transparency, collar structure, internal tubes and proportions, so the contested design had individual character and was not identical.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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