Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-06
000124115
Contested design: 009179377-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 009179377-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dongguan Juyuan Precision Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
4th Floor, Building K, Central Industrial Zone, Shijie Village Committee, Shijie Town, Dongguan, Guangdong 523000, China
Represented by
Emilio Zeininger
Holder · RCD owner
Shangxing Technology (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
4/F, Bldg. 30, Zhiheng Industrial Park, No.15, Guankou 2nd Rd., Anle Community, Nantou St., Nanshan, Shenzhen, China
Prior art cited (2)
Folding Stand Wireless Charger
CN 307325783 S · Chinese design patent publication · disclosed 2022-05-10
folding magnetic wireless charging stand
https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/alterbell-folding-magnetic-wireless-charging-stand-09-09-2022/ · geeky-gadgets.com · disclosed 2022-09-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Articles 25(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), relying on a Chinese design patent publication and a web disclosure of a folding magnetic wireless charging stand.
- ›Holder replied that the contested design validly claimed priority from a Chinese design patent application and that prior design 1 belonged to the holder and fell within the Article 7(2) grace period.
- ›The Division found the Article 25(1)(a), (c) and (d) grounds inadmissible because the application lacked supporting facts or entitlement, and the cited designs could not support Article 25(1)(d).
- ›For novelty and individual character, the Division held the web evidence insufficient and both cited disclosures post-dated the contested design's priority date of 09/05/2022.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in representation costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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