Invalidity · first instance · 2020-07-23
000108221
Contested design: 006264966-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 006264966-0001 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
Ledlenser GmbH & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Kronenstr. 5-7, 42699 Solingen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Wolfseason Limitedvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Kemphouse, 152-160 City road, London EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom
Prior art cited (3)
head lamp
RCD No 001677642-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2010-03-11
printout concerning Zweibrüder H14/H14R head lamps
testberichte.de · testberichte.de
catalog pages depicting the H14 design
LED LENSER Creating New Worlds of Light · Zweibrüder catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on its earlier RCD for a head lamp and additional web and catalogue material.
- ›Holder argued the cited material was insufficient, identified multiple design differences, and claimed market saturation made small differences enough to preserve validity.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD through its bulletin publication, found broad design freedom for head lamps, and treated the holder's market-density links as inadmissible unsupported references.
- ›It held that the similar lamp housing, grooves, band arrangement, and overall proportions created the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
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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