Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-08
000124456
Contested design: 015006478-0001
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 015006478-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Solar-Hook GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Fuhrmannsgasse 3, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
Represented by
Martin Misselhorn
Holder · RCD owner
Ienergy Space (Xiamen) Technology Co. LTD.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Unit 520, 5/F, Kechuang Bldg, No. 289 Wengjiao Road, Xinyang Industrial Zone, Haicang Dist, Xiamen, China
Represented by
Jörg Brettschneider
Prior art cited (1)
Solar collectors (Accessories for -) and Holders
Community design registration No 008419592-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-02-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested solar panel mounting lacked novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 008419592-0001, differing only because the contested design showed more views.
- ›Holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted earlier RCD No 008419592-0001 as disclosed before the filing date through its publication in the Community Designs Bulletin.
- ›With no proven severe limits on designer freedom, minor differences in the holes and unseen features did not change the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character; the RCD was invalidated and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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