Invalidity · first instance · 2024-12-09
000126656
Contested design: 015034769-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 015034769-0002 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 015034769-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen SKE Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
1-5F of plant 3, antuoshan high tech Ind. Park, Shaer community, Shajing st., Bao'an Dist, Shenzhen China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Feoba Tech Limited
France (FR)
145 Rue de Noisy-le-Sec, F-93260 Les Lilas France
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
electronic cigarettes
Community design registration No 009043367-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-06-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested electronic-cigarette design created the same overall impression as an earlier published Community design for the same product.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted publication of Community design registration No 009043367-0001 in the Community Designs Bulletin on 2022-06-02 as sufficient prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found that the shared elongated rectangular body, cut-corner profile, and overall configuration outweighed minor differences in bottom lines and colour shade.
- ›The contested design therefore lacked individual character, so the application was upheld, the design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
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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