Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-27
000124095
Contested design: 008502785-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0085027850001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Guangzhou Huafeng Mechanical & Electrical Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
1-2F, Building 2, No.1 Dongsheng Road, Huaxing Industrial Zone, Xinya Street, Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Rui Wang
China (CN)
No.14, Group 2, Liangshan Village, Tanshan Town, Yunxian, Hubei, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
sewing machine
CN 305211165 S · China · disclosed 2019-06-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested sewing machine design was identical or highly similar to an earlier Chinese design patent, with only immaterial differences.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier Chinese design patent had been disclosed before the RCD filing date and that any differences between the designs were immaterial.
- ›The contested design lacked novelty under Article 5 CDR, so the invalidity application was upheld and the design declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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