Invalidity · first instance · 2024-01-29
000122637
Contested design: 009027667-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity against RCD No 009027667-0001 is rejected, and the applicant is ordered to bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se desestima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad del dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 009027667-0001. 2. Se condena al solicitante a que sufrague las costas de la titular.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Gensheng Wanvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 27-28, Hebin Middle Road, Xianyan Town, Ouhai District, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
Holder · RCD owner
Equipmotor Locomotion Direct SLvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
cami carrasquera, 2º, 46240 Carlet, España
Prior art cited (1)
padlock
CN 201430109057 · China · disclosed 2014-09-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty based on earlier Chinese design patent D1, arguing the contested padlock design was identical or almost identical.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as a prior disclosure but found visible differences in colour and the lock body openings, so the designs were not identical within Article 5.
- ›Because only lack of novelty had been properly invoked and that ground failed, the invalidity application was dismissed and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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