Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-12
000122794
Contested design: 006480083-0005
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 006480083-0005 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lan Xiaojinvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Building 3, Phase II, Luofu Garden, Changning Town, Boluo County, Huizhou City, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Changjiang Xutangrui Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Rm. 1910, Unit 1, Building 1, Jingfu Community, Hongmian West Rd., Changjiang Li Autonomous County 572799 China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (1)
battery charger
RCD No 002630673-0003 · Community Design Bulletin · disclosed 2015-05-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on earlier RCD No 002630673-0003 and arguing the contested charger replicated the prior design series.
- ›The holder argued the application was effectively limited to design No 002630673-0001 and that the contested charger's unified structure, circular top, and dual-thickness USB cable created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division held the application covered the whole prior series, accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD, found only limited design freedom, and considered the differences too minor to alter the overall impression.
- ›The Division concluded the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, declared it invalid, and ordered the holder to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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