Invalidity · first instance · 2018-11-23
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Contested design: 003466713-0001
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 0034667130001 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
MPOW Technology Co., Ltd.
Hong Kong (HK)
Room 603, 6/F, Hang Pont Commercial Building, 31 Tonkin Street, Cheung Sha Wan, KLN, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Represented by
MonYin Lin
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Jinghe Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
RM 201, Bldg A, No 1, Qianwan Rd. 1, Qianhai Shengang Cooperation Area, Shenzen City, Guangdong Province 518000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
solar powered LED lamp design offered and sold by the applicant on Amazon platforms
Amazon listings including ASIN B01JYBXHI2 · Amazon
Excel table showing orders fulfilled in September and October 2016 for the same lamp design
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on Amazon listings and sales records showing its solar LED lamp design on the market before the RCD filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut the alleged prior disclosure or the substantive invalidity grounds.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon pages and sales evidence as sufficient proof of public disclosure before filing, rejected the novelty ground, but found the contested design created the same overall impression as the earlier lamp.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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