Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-24
000123775
Contested design: 015029385-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No. 015029385-0001 is declared invalid; the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 015029385-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jing Liuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 11 Shangliutang, Lixi Village, Longtian Town,, Xingning, Guangdong Provinz, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Schunk Ingenieurkeramik GmbH
Germany (DE)
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Str. 5, 47877 Willich-Münchheide, Deutschland
Prior art cited (1)
profile / ceramic discharge electrode / electrode design shown in the Chinese design registration extract
CN307191318S (application No. 202130641497.6) · China design registration extract · disclosed 2022-03-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested design lacked novelty and individual character in light of earlier disclosed designs D1 to D4, relying in particular on Chinese design D1.
- ›The holder argued that the contested design was new and had individual character and that disclosure of D1 to D3 had not been proven from the submitted documents and translations.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as disclosed through the publication date identified by INID code 45 and found designer freedom somewhat constrained but still sufficient for meaningful comparison.
- ›The shared U-shaped and pi-like profile structure and ribbed side surfaces dominated the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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