Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-28
000124417
Contested design: 009059231-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 0090592310001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0090592310001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shunjian Luvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 11, Yong’an West 1st Street, Xinming Village, Leliu Street, Shunde District, Foshan, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jiangsu Yichu Brand Management Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Bldg. 1, the factory bldg. construction project of Huasong Ind. Park, Binhai County, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
air fryer
CN 306147140 S · China · disclosed 2020-11-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier Chinese design patent CN 306147140 S for an air fryer and also invoked lack of novelty.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure of the earlier Chinese design patent or the applicant's comparison.
- ›The Division found the earlier patent had been disclosed before the contested priority date, the informed user was a purchaser familiar with air fryers, and designer freedom was at least average.
- ›It held the shared rectangular body, rounded corners, handle placement and upper protrusions dominated the overall impression, while the identified differences were minor and insufficient.
- ›The contested design therefore lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, so the application was upheld and the RCD declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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