Invalidity · first instance · 2025-02-28
000126596
Contested design: 008081236-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 008081236-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008081236-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Liuyan Yuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 30, Lane 10, Pinghu Beiyuan, Daqi Street, Beilun District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangzhou Tusunny Home Products CO., LTDvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.6, Xincun 5 Street, Zhennan Road, Dagang, Nansha, Guangzhou 511470 China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
lock capable of being prevented from being opened by children
CN 107 386 836 · China patent database · disclosed 2017-11-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on Chinese patent CN 107 386 836 for a child-safety lock disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The applicant argued designers had considerable freedom for safety locks and that the contested design shared the same housing, strap, buttons, slots, and rotating mechanism as the prior design.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the patent publication as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the designer retained considerable freedom despite functional constraints.
- ›It held the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user as the prior design, so the design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
Decision files
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