Invalidity · first instance · 2022-12-09
000118321
Contested design: 008402937-0002
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 008402937-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Guojun Shenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.888. Xuwang Road, Yunlong Town, Yinzhou, Ningbo, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Dilumen Electronics Limitedvia PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
RM 1002 Easey Comm Bldg 253-261 Hennessy Rd, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Represented by
Manuel de Arpe Tejero
Prior art cited (1)
CYWER LED mirror light offered on Amazon
ASIN B07TSZP3TR · amazon.de · disclosed 2019-07-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested lamp lacked novelty and individual character, relying mainly on an Amazon listing for the CYWER LED mirror light disclosed before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and treated the prior design as part of the prior art.
- ›It found the designs shared the same essential rectangular, elongated lamp configuration and that minor differences in colour, material, and corner curvature did not alter the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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