Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-16
000111165
Contested design: 005647708-0013
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of Registered Community design No 0056477080013 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 0056477080013 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lidl Digital International GmbH & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Stiftsbergstraße 1, 74172 Neckarsulm, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ningbo Hanyuan Lighting Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
657 Xiufeng Road, GaoQiao Industry Zone, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315174, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Prior art cited (6)
wall light
Chinese design No 201530434102.X · Chinese design register extract
wall light
Chinese design No 201630587389.4 · Chinese design register extract
wall light
Chinese design No 201530434027.7 · Chinese design register extract
LEDVANCE outdoor surface round wall light
Amazon listing and product sheet · disclosed 2018-02-23
wall light
RCD No 003099175-0032 · EUIPO database extract
wall light
VM17300 · Amazon listing, product sheet and technical report · disclosed 2018-01-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested solar wall-light design lacked novelty and individual character over six earlier wall-light designs from Chinese registrations, an earlier RCD, and online product materials.
- ›The holder replied that the contested design was new and individual and that disclosure of several invoked earlier designs had not been proven.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1-D6 but found that the contested design's head, ring-shaped light glass, solar-cell arrangement, base orientation, and motion-sensor placement created a different overall impression from each prior design.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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