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 Lihua
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 LTD
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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