Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-07
000123535
Contested design: 015029115-0001
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 015029115-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Changzhou Jutai Electronic CO., LTD.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.8 Longfa Street, Xinbei Zone, Changzhou., Jiangsu 213022 China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guanglian Wang
China (CN)
No. 126, Huangjiaying Village, Changdi Township, Kangbao County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province 075000 China
Prior art cited (1)
battery adapter
Chinese design registration No 305036688 · Chinese national design bulletin · disclosed 2019-02-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in substance on Chinese design registration No 305036688 disclosed in Annex 2.
- ›The holder argued the designs differed in colour, perforations, base proportions, and component positioning, and said technical and safety constraints limited design freedom.
- ›The Division admitted the later-filed colour copy of the same Chinese registration and found the earlier design had been disclosed before the contested filing date under Article 7 CDR.
- ›It held the common features dominated the minor differences, colour alone did not alter the overall impression, and the contested design lacked individual character, so invalidity was granted.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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