Invalidity · first instance · 2024-04-05
000123418
Contested design: 015033258-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0150332580002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Guangdong ChuangQi Technology Industry Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
44 Area, Shengping Industry Park, Jinping District, Shantou, Guangdong 515000, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Zhejiang Jiuao Plastic Industry Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 302, 3rd Floor, Building 9, No. 103, Chaoyong Road, Shangxi Town, Yiwu 322000, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
thermal lunch box
Chinese design application No 202330138922.9 · DESIGNview portal / China · disclosed 2023-06-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on an earlier Chinese design for a thermal lunch box published before the contested RCD's filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the prior Chinese design had been validly disclosed under Article 7(1) CDR through publication before the contested filing date.
- ›It held the designs identical apart from immaterial shade and depression differences, so the contested design lacked novelty under Article 5 CDR.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design declared invalid, and costs fixed against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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