Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-05
000123735
Contested design: 008148050-0001
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 008148050-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Huaxian Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
C806, Longtaixuan, No. 48, Nanguang Commercial Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Chebotong Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
5C,5F ,Bldg 2, Phase II, Peninsula Chengbang Garden, Jinshiji Rd, Dongjiaotou, Shekou st., Nanshan Dist., Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
offer for the “Original Launch EasyDiag for iOS Android Built-in Bluetooth OBDII Generic Code Reader”
www.obdexpress.co.uk · www.obdexpress.co.uk
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested car diagnostic scanner lacked novelty and individual character because prior designs had been disclosed online before 27/08/2020.
- ›The holder contested disclosure and argued that differences in body width, belt colour, side details, and front buttons created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the website evidence as prior disclosure, found only limited technical constraints, and treated the functional front-button details as non-decisive for overall impression.
- ›It concluded that the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior design and declared the RCD invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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