Invalidity · first instance · 2023-02-10
000119461
Contested design: 003466663-0010
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 0034666630010 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zeng Xianzhongvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Xiyan Town, Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province 422000, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
ShenZhen ZhuoQiong Technology Co.,Ltd.
China (CN)
RM3088, SEG Plaza, Huaqiang North Street, Futian District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
José Izquierdo Faces
Prior art cited (1)
LED lighting device
CN303901277S (application No 201630311115.2) · China · disclosed 2016-10-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier Chinese design CN303901277S disclosed before the contested filing date.
- ›The applicant argued the designs shared the same casing, rear details and support structure, and that differences in LED count and arrangement were minor.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the evidence of disclosure was unrebutted and the prior design was treated as made available to the public under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›The Division found the similarities dominated the overall impression, the differences were minor, and declared the contested design invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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