Invalidity · first instance · 2025-02-18
000126898
Contested design: 015003888-0001
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
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0150038880001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Foshan Hanshi Heating Equipment Manufactuere CO., LTD.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
702, Building 8, Shunde Zhifu Industrial Zone, Xingtan Town, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangdong Debei Metal Products Technology Co., LTD
China (CN)
No.21, Technology Av., Decheng St. Industrial Park, Deqing County, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, Zhaoqing City, China
Represented by
Giorgio Checcacci
Prior art cited (1)
oven for cooking
Community design registration No 85725980002 · DesignView portal · disclosed 2021-06-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier Community design for an oven published on 2021-06-15.
- ›Holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the invalidity application was undefended.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier design from the DesignView and register extract and considered designer freedom for ovens at least average.
- ›Minor differences did not change the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
Decision files
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