Invalidity · first instance · 2018-07-26
000010856
Contested design: 003506625-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 003506625-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ledil Oy
Finland (FI)
Joensuunkatu 13, 24100 Salo, Finland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Zhongshan Darkoo optical Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
BeiKa Warehouse, HuanMao LuCe, HuoJu Development Zone, Zhongshan, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
optic module for street lighting
CS14632_STRADA-2X2MXDWC · Ledil website / Internet Archive · disclosed 2015-04-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier public disclosure of its CS14632_STRADA-2X2MXDWC street-lighting optic module.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not rebut the applicant's evidence on disclosure or the design comparison.
- ›The Division accepted the website, catalogue, press-release, and Internet Archive evidence as proving prior disclosure before the RCD filing date.
- ›It found the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user; the material difference was noticeable but insufficient to confer individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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