Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-14
000120598
Contested design: 003180553-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 003180553-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Pearl. GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Pearl-Str. 1-3, 79426 Buggingen, Germany
Represented by
Irina Vasilev
Holder · RCD owner
Qinghui Liangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 705, No. 20 Yingchuan Lane, Shishi City, Fujian Province China
Represented by
Haft Karakatsanis, Georgios Karakatsanis
Prior art cited (1)
solar powered lamp
Community design registration No 000995345-0001 · Community Design Bulletin · disclosed 2008-09-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying inter alia on earlier Community design registration No 000995345-0001 published in 2008.
- ›Holder was invited to file observations but submitted no response.
- ›The Division found the earlier registered design had been validly disclosed and that both designs shared the same dominant visual features for solar powered lamps.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom and only minor differences, the contested design created the same overall impression and lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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