Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-20
000116226
Contested design: 008400485-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008400485-0001 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
Portbird UGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Ebereschenweg 23, 50767 Köln, Germany
Represented by
Edmund Lothar Fritz
Holder · RCD owner
Houkang Mivia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 103, Unit 3, No 6-A, Guopin Lane, Maojian District, Shiyan City, Hubei Province 442000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Filippo Garbagnati
Prior art cited (1)
Scott Klinker's 'corner bright light' floor lamp
Instagram profile 'scottklinkerdesign'; www.scottklinker.com · Instagram and Scott Klinker website · disclosed 2018-05-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on Scott Klinker's earlier 'corner bright light' disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not dispute disclosure or the asserted similarities.
- ›The Division accepted the Instagram and website evidence as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the lamps shared the same overall shape, proportions, and component arrangement.
- ›Given only minor differences in the post cross-section, light extent, and colour, the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI – ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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