Invalidity · first instance · 2019-07-19
000103999
Contested design: 003786185-0001
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 003786185-0001 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
Yinlong Ma
China (CN)
1102, Bldg. A, Lianhe Square, No 5022, Binhe Ave., Futian St., Futian Dist., Shenzhen, Guangdong, Shenzhen 518000, People’s Republic of China
Holder · RCD owner
Feng Zhu
China (CN)
Lizi Villagers Group, Huaibei Village, Fenshui Town, Xiangtan, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
lamp
Chinese design patent No ZL 2016 3 0548118.8 / CN 304059883 S · Chinese design patent publication · disclosed 2017-02-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested lamp design lacked novelty and individual character based on prior marketing evidence and a Chinese design patent published before the RCD filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and did not challenge disclosure of the earlier design.
- ›The Division accepted the Chinese design patent publication as prior disclosure, found novelty survived only because of minor extra functional elements, but held overall impressions remained the same.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character, and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberKelly BENNETT
Decision files
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