Invalidity · first instance · 2024-08-28
000125396
Contested design: 008471924-0001
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 0084719240001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhenyu Leivia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 301, No. 5, Dongfeng 1st Road, Jiangcheng District, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province 529500, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Pujiang Lianyun Network Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No.297, Front Avenue, Xianhua Street, Pujiang County, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Dimitris Morides
Prior art cited (1)
crocodile-shaped safety scissors for children
CN 303284184 S · CNIPA Bulletin · disclosed 2015-07-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on an earlier Chinese design disclosed before the contested design's filing date.
- ›Holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier design had been disclosed and that both designs created the same overall impression despite minor differences.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay fixed costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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