Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-02
000124055
Contested design: 009039548-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009039548-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
J&L Grünblatt GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Lagerstr. 41, Dieburg, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Longway Greenenergy GmbH
Germany (DE)
Marie-Curie-Str. 6, 85055 Ingolstadt, Germany
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
shower seat
Chinese design patent No CN 307 176 183 S · Chinese patent database · disclosed 2022-03-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity on the basis that the contested shower-seat design lacked novelty and individual character in light of an earlier Chinese design patent.
- ›The holder was invited to file observations on the invalidity application but did not reply.
- ›The Division accepted publication of Chinese design patent CN 307 176 183 S on 18 March 2022 as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found only immaterial differences between the designs.
- ›The contested design was held not new under Article 5(1)(b) CDR, so the application was upheld, the design invalidated in full, and costs fixed at EUR 350 against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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