Invalidity · first instance · 2019-12-12
000107059
Contested design: 005841731-0001
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 005841731-0001 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
Xudong Zhou
China (CN)
No 8 Group 2, Danitang village, Xialiu town, Hengdong county, Hunan province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Nan Li
Holder · RCD owner
Feng Li
China (CN)
No. 286, Daqing Village, Jiangbei District, Chongqing City, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
wall and ceiling lamps
RCD No 004413144-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-10-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier RCD No 004413144-0003 published before the contested filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was properly disclosed and that both designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The only visible difference, a hemispherical movement sensor, was treated as functional and insufficient to confer individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
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