Invalidity · first instance · 2018-08-10
000010980
Contested design: 004120517-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 004120517-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
BellaCocool GmbH
Germany (DE)
Möllendorffstr.108/109, 10367 Berlin, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Gang Wang
China (CN)
No. 21, 3 Group, Yandunzi Vil., Leigu Town, Zhushan County, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
Prior art cited (1)
lamps
Community design registration No 004093243-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-07-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant relied on its earlier RCD for lamps and argued the contested outdoor lamp design had the same shape and structure.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division treated the earlier RCD as a prior right under Article 25(1)(d) CDR and compared the overall impressions from the informed user's perspective.
- ›Given the substantial similarities and the designer's freedom, the contested design created no different overall impression and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberGaile SAKALAITE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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