Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-06
000120581
Contested design: 009095425-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009095425-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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 305367890 S (application No 201930252225.X) · China · disclosed 2019-09-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested baby toilet-seat adapter lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier Chinese design publication.
- ›Holder challenged disclosure and substantiation, then argued visible differences in patterns, seat shape, handles and construction created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier Chinese design through its published patent document despite the late translation and rejected the holder's evidentiary objections.
- ›Given at least average design freedom, the Division found the shared body, seat, handles, legs and steps dominated the minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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