Invalidity · first instance · 2024-12-16
000126415
Contested design: 008478291-0001
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 008478291-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Chung Pak (Guang Dong) Battery Industrial Co Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Gan Cun Section, Fo Chen Road Chen Cun Country, Shun De District, Fo Shan City (Guangdong Province) China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Dongguan Lianguang Electronics Technology CO.,LTD.
China (CN)
3F, No.63, Tongfu Road, Youganpu Villiage, Fenggang Town, Dongguan, Guangdong China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
Rechargeable USB Battery
CN 304380199 S · IP Office of China patent database · disclosed 2017-12-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on earlier Chinese design patent CN 304380199 S for a rechargeable USB battery.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier Chinese patent document was validly disclosed before the filing date and that both designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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