Invalidity · first instance · 2020-07-23
000106521
Contested design: 002876102-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid; the holder must pay 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 002876102-0003 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
Holder · RCD owner
Imagilights BVBAvia PDF extraction
Belgium (BE)
Nijverheidslaan 62C, 8540 Deerlijk, Belgium
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
lamps
RCD No 002215095-0001 · 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 002215095-0001.
- ›The holder argued the application was inadmissible or unsubstantiated because the cited design had been invalidated and allegedly was not properly identified or proved disclosed.
- ›The Division held the Article 25(1)(b) ground was clearly raised, the earlier RCD was sufficiently identified, and its prior publication remained valid prior art despite later invalidation.
- ›Comparing the table-lamp designs, the Division found only minor differences and concluded the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user, so it 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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