Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-20
000116206
Contested design: 008367353-0001
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 0083673530001 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
Gao, Zemin
China (CN)
No. 30034, Shuicaogou Village, Tuban Town, Lin County, Shanxi 033299, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Scott Klinker "corner bright light" floor lamp
Instagram profile "scottklinkerdesign" and www.scottklinker.com · Instagram and Scott Klinker website · disclosed 2018-05-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on the earlier “corner bright light” disclosed online before 23 December 2020.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not dispute the disclosure evidence.
- ›The Division accepted the Instagram and website materials as prior disclosure under Article 7 and treated the earlier lamp as the relevant prior design.
- ›It found the contested lamp reproduced the prior design’s overall shape and proportions, with only minor colour and cord differences insufficient to change overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character, and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
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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