Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2023-03-27
R0040/2022-3
Contested design: 003299486-0010
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the invalidity applicant must bear the costs incurred by the design holder.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. Le recours est rejeté ; 2. La demanderesse en nullité devra supporter les frais engagés par la titulaire du dessin ou modèle.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
EGLO Leuchten GmbHvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Heiligkreuz 22, 6136 Pill, Autriche
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ningbo Xinfeng Lighting Tech. Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 169, ZISHAN E. ROAD, Zhangting town, Yuyao Ningbo, Chine
Prior art cited (1)
luminaire lighting unit with circular crown elements and pyramidal connector
RCD No 2 232 892-0004 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2013-05-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that the contested lighting unit was merely a partial product already fully visible in the earlier RCD and therefore lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The design holder replied that the contested design had different proportions, a different base-to-cover relationship, and a distinct overall impression.
- ›The Board agreed that the compared lamp units differed materially in base length, diameter proportions and visible openings, which the informed user would notice despite shared circular and pyramidal features.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the invalidity applicant was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- MemberM. Bra
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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