Invalidity · first instance · 2025-04-11
000127476
Contested design: 015060936-0001
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 0150609360001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Wang Lihuavia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 601, Building 13, Sihuang Zhongjun Four Seasons Kangcheng, Xiamei Town, Nan’an City, Fujian Province, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Affargo LTDvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
27, Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Crafts (resin elephant holding lantern)
CN 307871750 S (application No 202230582764.1) · Chinese design patent publication · disclosed 2023-02-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested solar lantern lacked novelty and individual character because an earlier Chinese design for an elephant holding a lantern had been disclosed before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted publication of Chinese design patent CN 307871750 S as prior disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found only minor differences and held they created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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