Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-20
000116050
Contested design: 008254346-0002
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 0082543460002 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
Portbird UGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Ebereschenweg 23, 50767 Köln, Germany
Represented by
Edmund Lothar Fritz
Holder · RCD owner
Zhongshan Taozuo Electric Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
One of the 3rd floors of the Bldg 3, No. 22, Fuqing 1st Road, Yongxing Industrial Zone, Henglan Town, Zhongshan City, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
'corner bright light' floor lamp designed by Scott Klinker
Instagram profile 'scottklinkerdesign' and www.scottklinker.com · Instagram / Scott Klinker website · disclosed 2018-05-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on the earlier 'corner bright light' floor lamp disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not dispute the claimed online disclosure of the prior design.
- ›The Division accepted attachments A2 and A5 as proving prior internet disclosure and found average designer freedom for floor lamps.
- ›The contested lamp reproduced the prior design's overall shape and proportions, so it lacked individual character and the application was upheld.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
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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