Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-11-05
R0252/2024-3
Contested design: 008932099-0005
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the design holder must bear the costs and fees incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal. 2. Orders the design holder to bear the costs and fees incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Velyo Velevvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
32, Tzar Simeon Ist 9000 Varna Bulgaria
Represented by
Andrej Bukovnik
Holder · RCD owner
Yuyao Hilite Electric Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
CE23, Far East Industrial Park 315400 Yuyao City - Zhejiang Prov China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
desk lamps
Community design registration No 8 505 580-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-04-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder appealed, arguing the lamp design was new and had individual character because of differences in the cap, base, stem, and underside.
- ›The invalidity applicant filed no observations in reply before the Board.
- ›The Board accepted prior disclosure of the earlier RCD, found broad design freedom for lamps, and held the identified differences too minor to alter the overall impression.
- ›The Board confirmed lack of individual character, dismissed the appeal, and ordered the design holder to bear the invalidity applicant's costs and fees.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurA. Pohlmann
- MemberH. Salmi
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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