Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-23
000115469
Contested design: 003619881-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0036198810003 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lidl Vertriebs-GmbH & Co. KG (Anzing)via PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Gewerbepark 1, 85646 Anzing, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Liquidleds Lighting Corpvia PDF extraction
Taiwan (TW)
Suite A2, 9F., No. 333, Sec. 2, Dunhua S. Rd., Da-an Distr., Taipei City 10669, Taiwan
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Bailey Alva LED light bulb
Model No 80100038654 · Bailey Lights / Bailey catalogue · disclosed 2016-09-14
SIM Lighting Simbulb clear LED light bulb
www.simlighting.com; https://tplighting.hk · SIM Lighting website / tplighting.hk
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on LED bulb designs D1 and D2 disclosed before the filing date.
- ›Holder argued D1 fell within the Article 7(2) grace period because Bailey's disclosures derived from the holder, and D2 created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found the holder proved D1 resulted from its own prior disclosure and sales to Bailey, so D1 was disregarded under Article 7(2) CDR.
- ›The Division found D2's disclosure date unproven and, in any event, D2 gave a different overall impression; the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
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