Invalidity · first instance · 2020-05-20
000109781
Contested design: 007295423-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0072954230001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Neil Patelvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
69 Old Church Lane, Stanmore, Harrow HA7 2RP, United Kingdom
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Ledora Lighting Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
A2303, No 5036, Songbai Road, Heshuikou Community, Matian Street, Guangming District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Dimitris Morides
Prior art cited (1)
LED bulb
RCD No 0036598950005 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-02-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCDs, including RCD No 0036598950005, and also invoked conflict with earlier design rights.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD through its Bulletin publication and treated designer freedom as broad apart from functional LED-bulb features.
- ›It found the shared bulb shape and top element dominated the overall impression, while color and filament differences were minor or functional.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6, so the other pleaded grounds were not examined.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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