Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-04
000126198
Contested design: 009144678-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Community design No 009144678-0001 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 009144678-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Preferred Home Limitedvia PDF extraction
Ireland (IE)
77 Camden Street Lower, E542, Dublin, Dublin D02 XE80, Ireland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Yalanle Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 402, Building C, No.30, Sanwei Hangkong Road, Sanwei Community, Hangcheng Street, Baoan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
Represented by
Yanyun Zhang
Prior art cited (1)
Community design No 009090897-0001 · Community design register · disclosed 2022-07-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on earlier Community design No 009090897-0001 published before the contested filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure or the alleged identity of the designs.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier registered design as sufficient disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›The Division found the compared designs identical, held the contested design lacked novelty, and declared it invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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