Invalidity · first instance · 2020-09-30
000110424
Contested design: 005230992-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, and Registered Community design No 005230992-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 005230992-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Briloner Leuchten GmbH & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Im Kissen 2, 59929 Brilon, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Nordlux A/S
Denmark (DK)
Østre Havnegade 34, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark
Prior art cited (1)
lamp
RCD No 003830546-0015 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-04-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying inter alia on earlier RCD No 003830546-0015.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been validly disclosed and that both lamps produced the same overall impression despite minor differences.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear fixed costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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