Invalidity · first instance · 2021-08-13
000115061
Contested design: 006081691-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay 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 0060816910001 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
Xiaodong Linvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
2509, Green Garden Court, Lvzhou Fenghe Home Shixia North One Street Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Alberto Maria Giordano
Holder · RCD owner
Design Identification PTE, LTD.via PDF extraction
SG
Blk 10, Ubi Crescent, #05-21 Ubi Techpark, Lobby B, Singapore, 408564, Singapore
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Chinese design patent for a lamp in the form of a miniature bonsai tree
CN303845977S · Chinese design patent publication · disclosed 2016-09-07
Amazon listing for the Masdio Light of Tree lamp
https://www.amazon.com; ASIN B07 6Y5 X97Y · Amazon · disclosed 2017-10-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on a Chinese design patent and Amazon product listing predating the RCD filing.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the invalidity application undefended on the merits.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the prior design evidence and found the informed user would receive the same overall impression from the compared lamp designs.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom and the substantial visual similarity, the RCD lacked individual character over D1.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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