Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-29
000107079
Contested design: 004029676-0001
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 004029676-0001 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
AceCamp GmbH
Germany (DE)
Neugasse 18, 63075 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Zhifen Yuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 28, Huitou Group, Xiannan Village, Zhongban Township, Yiyang County, Shangrao, Jiangxi 334402, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
LED camping lamp / tent lamp with carabiner
ASIN B00ARF764G; item 1028 / 102800 · Amazon; Ace Camp 2013 catalogue; invoices from Happyoutdoor Enterprise Ltd · disclosed 2012-11-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) CDR, arguing its LED camping lamp marketed since 2012 destroyed the contested design's novelty and individual character.
- ›To prove disclosure, the applicant filed an affidavit, a 2013 Ace Camp catalogue page, invoices for item 1028/102800, and Amazon ASIN evidence; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted prior public disclosure under Article 7 CDR but rejected the novelty attack because the hook and button differed materially and the earlier design showed only one view.
- ›It nevertheless found the shared bulb-shaped body, colour scheme, and component arrangement created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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