Invalidity · first instance · 2020-07-23
000106520
Contested design: 002876102-0002
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 002876102-0002 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
Neoz Pty Ltdvia PDF extraction
AU
20 Tepko Road, Terrey Hills, New South Wales 2084, Australia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Imagilights BVBAvia PDF extraction
Belgium (BE)
Nijverheidslaan 62C, 8540 Deerlijk, Belgium
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
lamps
RCD No 002215095-0003 · Office Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2013-05-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over its earlier disclosed RCD No 002215095-0003 for lamps.
- ›The holder argued inadmissibility, challenged identification and disclosure of the prior design, and denied that the earlier invalidated RCD could form part of the prior art.
- ›The Division found Article 25(1)(b) clearly pleaded, the earlier RCD sufficiently identified, and its publication in the Office Designs Bulletin a valid disclosure despite later invalidation.
- ›Comparing the lamp designs, the Division held the minor shape and finish differences did not change the overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character.
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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