Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-06
000120580
Contested design: 009095425-0002
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 0090954250002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Huaiqing Huvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
1099 Hujiagou Village, Caijiaya Township, Xing County, Shanxi Province, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Yuzhao Jinvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 63, Dist. 3, DaoYuVil., Xicheng St., Huangyan Dist., Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
toilet seat adapter for babies
CN 307172456 S (application No 202130784761.1) · China · disclosed 2022-03-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Chinese design patent for a baby toilet seat.
- ›The holder argued the prior design was not properly proven or translated and, in any event, the designs differed in visible features and overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier Chinese design patent publication despite the late translation and found the designer's freedom at least average.
- ›The shared body shape, suspended seat, handles, legs and steps dominated minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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