Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-20
000123356
Contested design: 004063600-0012
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 004063600-0012 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jin Yevia PDF extraction
China (CN)
1501 Jiangbin Yuan, No.125 Linjiang East Road, Qingtian County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Sylvie Noachovitch
Holder · RCD owner
Letright Industrial Corp., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.169 Wuchang Avenue, Wuchang Street, Yuhang District, Hangzhou, Provinz Zhejiang 310023, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Meiting Zhu
Prior art cited (2)
garden lounge chair
RCD No 002004176-0001 · EUIPO online database · disclosed 2012-03-08
garden lounge chair
CN302493629S · Chinese Intellectual Property Office database · disclosed 2013-07-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on earlier designs D1 and D2 disclosed before the contested RCD's filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division limited its assessment to novelty under Article 5 and accepted D1 and D2 as disclosed prior art under Article 7.
- ›It found the contested design was not identical to either prior design because the differences were not immaterial, so the novelty challenge failed.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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