Invalidity · first instance · 2020-01-29
000107159
Contested design: 004691335-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0046913350005 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xudong Zhouvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
NO8 Group2, Danitang village, Xialiu town, Hengdong county, Hunan province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Nan Li
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Bifu Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd
China (CN)
1101K, F11, Block A, Tianli Central Business Plaza, Houhai East Rd, Yuehai Ave., Nanshan, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
wall and ceiling lamp
RCD No 0044131440001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-10-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant claimed the contested lamp lacked novelty and individual character over his earlier registered lamp design and differed only in color.
- ›Holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure through Bulletin publication and found the contested lamp copied the earlier shape apart from color.
- ›The earlier design created the same overall impression, so invalidity was upheld.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
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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