Invalidity · first instance · 2020-05-06
000109502
Contested design: 004517001-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear 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 004517001-0002 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
Astro Lighting Ltd
United Kingdom (GB)
The Astro Building, Midas, River Way, Harlow, Essex CM20 2GJ, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Nan Zheng
China (CN)
No.23, Second Block, Gongbei Village, Gaopu Town, Puning, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
Prior art cited (1)
wall lamp
RCD No 002423962-0004 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-04-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) CDR, arguing lack of novelty and individual character over several earlier designs, especially its earlier RCD No 002423962-0004.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier RCD in the Community Designs Bulletin as prior disclosure and found broad designer freedom for the lamp's non-functional visual features.
- ›The shared overall impression outweighed the differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid; other grounds and prior designs were not examined further.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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