Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-23
000125355
Contested design: 015054451-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 015054451-0001 is declared invalid; 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 015054451-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dongguan Jinhong Rubber And Plastic Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 101, No. 2, Shixin Xingye Street Zhangmutou Town, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Sainuotong Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Rm.102, Bldg. D,Bantian Int. Center, No.5 Huancheng So. Rd., Ma'antang Com., Bantian St., Longgang Dist., Shenzhen 518129, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
teething ring
CN 308505665 S · Chinese design patent publication · disclosed 2024-03-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) CDR, arguing the contested design lacked novelty or individual character over an earlier Chinese design patent.
- ›To support the challenge, the applicant filed Chinese design patent No CN 308505665 S with an English translation and a Designview extract; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the Chinese patent had been validly disclosed before filing and that designers of teething rings enjoy a high degree of freedom.
- ›Because the designs matched in shape and surface features and differed essentially only in colour, the prior design destroyed individual character and the application was upheld.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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