Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-15
000118857
Contested design: 007799820-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007799820-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Beifang Shenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 17, Shencaihou House, Wucheyan Village, Huangjiabu Town, Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province, China
Holder · RCD owner
Guangzhou Ruiku Information Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room G-1201, 2nd Floor, Building 28, No. 61 Dalingshan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China
Represented by
Nan Li
Prior art cited (1)
LED Night Light Projector
ASIN B08 6PL TPPD · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-04-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested light-projector design lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier Amazon-disclosed LED night light projector.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior disclosure and found the shared rounded shape, lens placement, central blue circle, and color scheme dominated the overall impression.
- ›The contested design was held to lack individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico DERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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