Invalidity · first instance · 2024-12-05
000126595
Contested design: 015034942-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and 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 015034942-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hangzhou Guangmao Outdoor Products Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 203-8, Building 1, No. 37-3, Futang Road, Tangqi Town, Linping District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jiankun Jin
China (CN)
No. 1293, Wangzhuangzi Village, Wangzhuangzi Township, Bazhou, Hebei China
Represented by
Jesús Eladio Sánchez Silva
Prior art cited (1)
chair
RCD 007120613-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-11-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD 007120613-0001 for chairs.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was validly disclosed and that the informed user would receive the same overall impression from both chair designs.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b).
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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