Invalidity · first instance · 2024-12-18
000126756
Contested design: 015061812-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD 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 015061812-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Sijie Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Haoer Garden, Shaer community, Shajing street, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong. China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Kaiweili Digital Technology Co.,Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
3F,B,Block 2, Yintian xifa District C, XiXiang,BaoAn, Shenzhen 518100 China
Represented by
Emilio Zeininger
Prior art cited (1)
electronic cigarettes
RCD No 009043367-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-06-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over an earlier published Community design for electronic cigarettes.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was properly disclosed and that the shared shape features dominated the minor differences, including the word element.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design produced the same overall impression on the informed user and lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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