Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-18
000105400
Contested design: 003917541-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; RCD No 003917541-0001 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 003917541-0001 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
Northpoint GmbH
Germany (DE)
Klopstockstraße 6, 22765 Hamburg, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ningbo Sunshinelux Lighting Technology Co., Limitedvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 7, XiuFeng Road, GaoQiao Town, YingZhou District, Ningbo 315000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
lamp design incorporated in 'Hengda 20W spotlights'
ASIN B01LX5KPXQ · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-09-10
earlier lamp design
RCD No 003328509-0002
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier lamp designs disclosed before the priority date, including Amazon and an earlier RCD.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply and did not contest the alleged disclosures.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de extract for ASIN B01LX5KPXQ as solid evidence that the earlier design was publicly disclosed under Article 7 before priority.
- ›Given broad design freedom and only minor differences, the prior lamp and the contested RCD created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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