Invalidity · first instance · 2024-09-17
000125695
Contested design: 015029752-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the registered Community design No 015029752-0002 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. La domanda di nullità è accolta. 2. Il disegno o modello comunitario registrato n. 015029752-0002 è dichiarato nullo. 3. Le spese, fissate in 750 EUR, sono a carico del titolare.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Fujian aidi Electric Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
F2-4 Block Industrial Park, Liancheng, Longyan, Fujian 366200, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Wuhan Yaoanxin Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
n. 2, Floor 18, Building C8/Unit, C2 District, Longcheng, Huaxing, No. 86, Gu Li Road, General Ro, Wuhan City/Hubei Province, China
Represented by
Jesús Eladio Sánchez Silva
Prior art cited (1)
pompa orizzontale di trasferimento di combustibile
CN 307 467 891 S · Chinese patent database · disclosed 2022-05-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier Chinese design patent for a horizontal fuel transfer pump published before the contested filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to file observations on the invalidity application but submitted none.
- ›The Division accepted the Chinese patent extract as proof of disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found that the minor differences in the long tube, connections, and printed inscriptions did not alter the overall impression.
- ›Because the contested fuel pump design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, the application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel Collin
- MemberRebecca Santana Davies
Decision files
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| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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