Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-23
000114922
Contested design: 007464037-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007464037-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Atomium srls unipersonalevia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
c/o Login Via Stefanardo da Vimercate 28, 20128 Milano, Italy
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Saikexing Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No. 3,Second Industrial Zone, Langxia Community,Songgang Street, Baoan District,Shenzhen,Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Dimitris Morides
Prior art cited (1)
LanLan lamp ('lampada') offered on Amazon
ASIN B07PMR4VZN · Amazon · disclosed 2019-03-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on earlier identical lamp designs disclosed before 31/12/2019, including the LanLan Amazon listing marked Exhibit 5.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and did not rebut disclosure of the earlier designs.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing with ASIN B07PMR4VZN as sufficient evidence of public disclosure from 15/03/2019 under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Comparing the prior lamp with the contested RCD, the Division found only immaterial differences and held the designs identical under Article 5(2) CDR.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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