Invalidity · first instance · 2019-09-13
000105659
Contested design: 005301173-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; RCD No 005301173-0001 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 005301173-0001 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
Hua Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
298 Xueshi St., Room 306, Yinzhou District, Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Municipality 315000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Muchun LIN
China (CN)
No 4 Daxiangkou, Beishe Village, Xinan Town, Denghai District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
projector lamp / projector support
CN702017030415124-0001 / CN304506727S / 2017 3 0415124.0 · State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China · disclosed 2018-02-13
projector lamp / projector support
CN 207080915 U / 2017 2 21123493.3 · State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over a Chinese design patent and a Chinese utility model for the same lamp product.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted prior disclosure of the Chinese design patent, found the contested RCD still novel, but held that the shared arbitrary features created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b); the contested RCD was invalidated and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberKelly BENNETT
Decision files
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