Invalidity · first instance · 2025-02-27
000124395
Contested design: 015024633-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, Registered Community design No. 015024633-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 015024633-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 350 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Michalski Hüttermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbBvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Kaistr. 16A, 40221 Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xin Lu
Germany (DE)
Ute-Strittmatter-Str. 9, 81248 München, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
electronic cigarette
CM202230847676X (CN307999008 S) · Chinese intellectual property office database · disclosed 2023-04-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on prior Chinese design D1.
- ›The holder argued the contested design was new and individual and that D1 fell within the Article 7(2) grace period based on an authorization from the Chinese design owner.
- ›The Division found D1 had been published before the filing date and that the holder had not shown disclosure by the designer, successor, or an authorized third party so Article 7(2) did not apply.
- ›Comparing the images, the Division found the contested design identical to D1, with any differences only immaterial.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 350 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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