Invalidity · first instance · 2019-08-12
000105560
Contested design: 002526673-0001
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 002526673-0001 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
Anna Maria Dickhöfer
Germany (DE)
Waagenstrasse 51B, 40229 Düsseldorf, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Ningbo Ehome Electronic Co, Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Suite 1603, Shiji Jinmao Bldg., 158, Baizhang Rd., Ningbo 315040, People’s Republic of China
Prior art cited (1)
Steinel brand wall-mounted motion sensor
RCD No 002473843-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-06-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on an earlier Steinel motion sensor published as RCD No 002473843-0002 before the filing date.
- ›The applicant argued the compared wall-mounted sensor designs shared the same core stand, panoramic head and front sensor arrangement, differing essentially only in colours.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the earlier RCD was validly disclosed, the designer retained fairly high freedom, and the contested design reproduced the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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