Invalidity · first instance · 2024-09-17
000124737
Contested design: 008660369-0001
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 0086603690001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dianpei Longvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
The Second Group, Laidong Village, Bangdong Town, Tianzhu County, Guizhou Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Niluoer Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
101, Building 65, Second Industrial Zone, Tianliao Community, Yutang Street, Guangming District, Shenzhen 518000 China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
wireless charging base (folding model)
CN 306 646 840 S · Chinese patent database · disclosed 2021-06-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on an earlier Chinese design registration for a wireless charging base.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Chinese design patent excerpt as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the designer's freedom at least average.
- ›It found the designs conveyed the same overall impression despite minor colour contrast differences, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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