Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-06
000120419
Contested design: 008822100-0001
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 008822100-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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China (CN)
D309 Distinguished Age Innovation Park, NO.6373 Bao'an Avenue, Fuhai Street, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xindinghui (Hong Kong) Trading Co., Limited
Hong Kong (HK)
Room 32,11/F Lee Ka Industrial Building, 8 Ng Fong Street, San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Represented by
Eberhard Jorg Trempel
Prior art cited (1)
string of lights
Community design registration No 008810253-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-01-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested star-shaped string-light design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier Community design registration No 008810253-0001.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was validly disclosed before the filing date through publication in the Community Designs Bulletin.
- ›Comparing the designs directly, the Division found them almost identical; the controller color difference did not alter the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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