Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-17
000128038
Contested design: 006669073-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 006669073-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lina Hevia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Xingning City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Dimitris Morides
Holder · RCD owner
Songzhen Li
China (CN)
Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (4)
registered design published in the Chinese Bulletin, applied for products in Class 13-02
CN 305552017 S · Chinese Bulletin · disclosed 2020-01-14
registered design published in the Chinese Bulletin, applied for products in Class 14-06
CN 305270065 S · Chinese Bulletin · disclosed 2019-07-23
registered design published in the Chinese Bulletin, applied for products in Class 13-02
CN 305341885 S · Chinese Bulletin · disclosed 2019-09-10
Amazon offer for 'Wireless Charger, Botee 6 in 1 Wireless Charging Dock for…'
ASIN B 07T XXR QY1 · Amazon (amazon.com) · disclosed 2019-07-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, arguing the contested charger design was identical to four earlier disclosures D1-D4 under Articles 25(1)(b), 4(1) and 5(1)(b) EUDR.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found D1 and D3 were disclosed only after the contested design's 01/08/2019 filing date, and accepted D2 and D4 as prior disclosures under Article 7(1) EUDR.
- ›The Division held D2 and D4 were not identical to the contested design because visible differences and obscured features were not immaterial, so the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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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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