Invalidity · first instance · 2018-07-26
000010868
Contested design: 003506633-0001
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 003506633-0001 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)
lighting components
Community design No 002261354-0002 · Office designs database · disclosed 2014-02-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on its earlier Community design published before the contested RCD filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted prior disclosure through the Office database and found the only difference, slanted corners, to be an immaterial detail.
- ›The contested design was held identical to the earlier design under Article 5 CDR, so the application was upheld and the RCD invalidated.
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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