Invalidity · first instance · 2021-05-13
000113023
Contested design: 006657649-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 006657649-0003 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Imagilights Bvbavia PDF extraction
Belgium (BE)
Nijverheidslaan 62C, 8540 Deerlijk, Belgium
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Power Beauty (Dongguan) Industrial Co. Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.1, Eastern Industry Park, Shujiu Village, Changping Town, Dongguan, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Manuel de Arpe Tejero
Prior art cited (3)
table lamp
Community design No 002876102-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-12-07
Moments collection table lamps, including MOM-002 and MOM-005
Company Profile / Moments table lighting collection brochures and related Facebook posts · Applicant brochures and Facebook profile · disclosed 2016-05-01
table lamp
Community design No 002876102-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-12-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character and for conflict with earlier design rights, relying on earlier lamp designs D1 to D3 and alleging bad faith.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found bad faith inadmissible as an invalidity ground, Article 25(1)(d) inapplicable because the earlier registered designs were published before the contested filing date, and D1 to D3 duly disclosed.
- ›Comparing the base, tubular element and lampshade, the Division held the contested lamp created a different overall impression and was also not identical to the prior designs.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's representation costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
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 ↗ |
Locarno classes
Similar decisions
Ranked by shared Locarno class + shared legal grounds + matching outcome. Click a case to view full detail.
| Case | Date | Outcome | Shared grounds | Locarno | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000128736 vs Senjia (Dongguan)Electronic Technology Co., LTD | 2025-07-11 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 7 |
| 000125015 vs Honglan YIN | 2025-02-10 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 7 |
| 000124516 vs YUYAO HILITE ELECTRIC CO.,LTD | 2024-12-19 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 7 |
| 000121836 vs AMV Technology s.r.o. | 2024-07-12 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 7 |
| 000121816 vs AMV Technology s.r.o. | 2024-07-12 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 7 |
| 000121120 vs DELTA LIGHT NV | 2024-06-18 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 7 |
| 000121119 vs DELTA LIGHT NV | 2024-06-13 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 7 |
| 000120900 vs DELTA LIGHT NV | 2024-06-10 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 7 |