Invalidity · first instance · 2018-07-26
000010884
Contested design: 003506609-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 003506609-0001 is rejected. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
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 (2)
lighting components
Community design No 002261404-0001 · Office designs database · disclosed 2014-02-07
product sheet for CS14145_STRADA-IP-2X6-DWC-90 module
https://web.archive.org / http://www.ledil.com · Internet Archive / ledil.com · disclosed 2014-08-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on its earlier Community design and a web-archived product sheet for an LED module.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier registered design but found the website image too poor to establish all design features, so that web disclosure could not support comparison.
- ›Comparing the registered prior design with the contested RCD, the Division found clear differences in the platform shape, number and arrangement of light-source footprints, and protrusion size, producing a different overall impression.
- ›The application was rejected because the contested RCD retained individual character; the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's fixed representation costs.
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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