Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-31
000124777
Contested design: 015020130-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015020130-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xinyan Livia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Qianlong Zunpin, Tianxin District, Changsha City, Hunan Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Nan'an Wanma Pentium Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd
China (CN)
No. 128, Baocheng Road, High tech Park, Luncang Town, Nan'an City, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province 362000, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
shower head
CN 306930189 S · disclosed 2021-11-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier public disclosures, including Chinese design patent CN 306930189 S for a shower head.
- ›Holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the application was undefended on the merits.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the Chinese design patent as prior disclosure and found at least average designer freedom for shower heads.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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