Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-28
000127536
Contested design: 015063736-0003
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 015063736-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lihua Wangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 601, Building 13, Zhongjun Sijikangcheng, Sihuang Village, Xiamei Town, Nan'an City, Fujian Province 362302 China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shuxun Dai
China (CN)
No. 46, Tuanruan Group 16, Tuanruan Village, Xidian Town, Ninghai County, Ningbo, Zhejiangteh China
Represented by
Mon Yin Lin
Prior art cited (1)
crafts (resin cat lantern)
Chinese design patent registration No 308063285S · China · disclosed 2023-06-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested cat-lantern table ornament lacked individual character over an earlier Chinese design patent published before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier patent was properly disclosed and that the designer's freedom for table ornaments was at least average.
- ›It considered the differences between the two cat lantern designs minor and insufficient to alter the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid in full, with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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