Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-04
000123734
Contested design: 015000794-0001
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 015000794-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jziaqtie LTDvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit 382 3rd Floor 21 Hill Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA61 1QQ, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangzhou Huisa Trading Co. Ltd
China (CN)
Room 101, No.13, Wushi 1st Road, Wushi Village, Zhongxin Town, Zengcheng District, Guangzhou City 511300, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
lithium battery
UK design No 6228271 · GOV.UK portal · disclosed 2022-09-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested battery design lacked novelty and individual character because very similar earlier designs were already available before the filing date.
- ›To support invalidity, the applicant relied in particular on a GOV.UK extract for UK design No 6228271 for a lithium battery, published before the contested filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations, and the Division found the prior UK design had been validly disclosed and was identical to the contested design.
- ›The Division upheld the application on novelty grounds under Article 25(1)(b) and Article 5, so it did not assess the separate individual-character ground.
Deciding panel
- MemberČELIŠOVÁ Ludmila
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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