Invalidity · first instance · 2024-01-12
000121224
Contested design: 015001521-0001
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 0150015210001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yayago GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Johanniskirchstr. 90, 45329 Essen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yong Panvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 17, Dangqiao Group, Shuangtang Village, Xiaji Town, Baoying County, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225824, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
solar panel mountings
RCD No 009190465-0001 · Community design register · disclosed 2022-10-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested solar-panel support design lacked novelty because it was identical to earlier RCD No 009190465-0001.
- ›Applicant relied on registration details and representations of the earlier design published before the contested filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was validly disclosed and the only difference in the compared designs was an immaterial nut shape detail.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid; the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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