Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-11
000126540
Contested design: 015048748-0007
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015048748-0007 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Guangdong Yingxin Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Building 3, No. 430, Changtian Road, Changping Town, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Greg Robert Sach
Holder · RCD owner
Yunli Zhavia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 110, No. 59, Juntian Road, Longgang District, Shenzhen 518100, China
Prior art cited (1)
heads for electrical toothbrushes
RCD No 015027372-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-07-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on its earlier RCD for toothbrush heads.
- ›The holder filed no observations and, after its representative withdrew, did not appoint a new professional representative despite the Office's invitation.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD through its Community Designs Bulletin publication before the contested filing date.
- ›Given at least average design freedom, the minor differences in bristle colour and rear-head shape did not alter the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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