Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-05
000120658
Contested design: 006368742-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006368742-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hans Raum GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Wertachstr. 29-31, 90451 Nürnberg, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Chengwei Lin
China (CN)
2011 Electric Information College, Jinan University, No.601 West of Huangpu Avenue, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
night lamp depicting a baby chick sitting inside an upturned half eggshell
RCD No 005795648-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-10-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier RCD No 005795648-0002 published before the contested filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to file observations but submitted no response, so the application was undefended.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD through its Community Designs Bulletin publication and found broad designer freedom apart from basic lamp-function constraints.
- ›It held that the two designs created the same overall impression despite colour differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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