Invalidity · first instance · 2018-07-24
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Contested design: 004161867-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0041618670001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mambate USA Inc.
United States (US)
7708 18th Ave, Brooklyn, New York, New York 11214, United States of America
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Quanfan Linvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Longqiao Street, 351100 Putian (Fujian), People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (7)
LED lamp
ASIN B01ISOK6HQ · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-07-21
LED lamp
ASIN B01LYS5I1Y · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-09-12
LED lamp
ASIN B01LJWP1NI · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-10-28
LED lamp
ASIN B06Y498XM5 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-04-28
LED lamp
ASIN B073XDYLLK · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-07-13
LED lamp
Artsky · disclosed 2017-05-28
LED lamp
Lemonbest Ledlights official store · disclosed 2017-05-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity of the contested wall or ceiling LED lamp for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier online disclosures of the same design.
- ›The applicant filed seven annexes from Amazon.de, Artsky, and Lemonbest; the holder submitted no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted internet disclosures as prior art and found Annexes 2, 3, and 5 reliably showed the identical lamp before the RCD filing date.
- ›Because the compared designs did not differ in any visible feature, the RCD lacked novelty and was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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