Invalidity · first instance · 2025-06-05
000126416
Contested design: 008480248-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0084802480001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Chung Pak (Guang Dong) Battery Industrial Co Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Fo Shan City (Guangdong Province), China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Dongguan Lianguang Electronics Technology Co.,Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
rechargeable battery
CN 305336774 S · IP Office of China patent database · disclosed 2019-09-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier battery designs including Chinese design patent CN 305336774 S published before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the contested design differed through its silver metallic colour and a round LED opening below the USB charging connection, which it said clearly distinguished the design.
- ›The Division found the prior Chinese design was validly disclosed, the informed user was a battery-unit user, and the designer's freedom was at least average despite functional constraints.
- ›It held the common cylindrical body, poles, concentric-circle base, and charging recess dominated the overall impression, so the LED opening and colour difference did not create individual character; the design was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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