Invalidity · first instance · 2023-12-19
000122314
Contested design: 015017943-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015017943-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Kedi Luvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 96, Hengjiang South District, Beijiao Village, Yangming Street, Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Michele Carella
Holder · RCD owner
Yafan Gao
China (CN)
No. 207, Nangao Village, Cilin Town, Zhangzi, Shanxi 046605, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
Vehicle-mounted vacuum cleaner
CN307763523 S · Chinese Design Bulletin · disclosed 2022-12-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on earlier Chinese design registration CN307763523 S for a vehicle-mounted vacuum cleaner.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply despite being invited to do so.
- ›The Division found the earlier Chinese design had been disclosed before the filing date and that, aside from a visible front filter area, the designs created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, so the RCD was declared invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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