Invalidity · first instance · 2025-02-07
000125536
Contested design: 008622203-0001
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 008622203-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Duoke Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Building 2, East 604, Pingshan Private Enterprise Science and Technology Park, No.65 Lishan Road, Pingshan Community, Taoyuan Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Aixiangpai e-Business co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
8A, Block A, Building 2, Huaqiang Plaza, Huaqiang North Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (1)
magnifier
CN 304505382 S · Chinese State Intellectual Property Office · disclosed 2018-02-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Chinese design filed under application number 201730455544.1 and published before the contested design's filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted publication of Chinese design patent CN 304505382 S on 13/02/2018 as prior disclosure and found the designer's freedom for magnifiers was not severely limited.
- ›Shared core features outweighed minor rear-rim and button differences, so the contested design created the same overall impression and lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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