Invalidity · first instance · 2023-08-08
000119619
Contested design: 002175802-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Registered Community design No 002175802-0003 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 002175802-0003 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
LTV Leuchten & Lampen Vertriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.via PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Industriestraße B Nr. 4, A-2345 Brunn am Gebirge Osterreich
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
XAL GmbH
Austria (AT)
Auer-Welsbach-Gasse 36, 8055 Graz, Österreich
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Große Art Deco Bauhaus Hexagon Deckenleuchte
deerbe.com · deerbe.com · disclosed 1933-01-01
sechseckige Leuchte
201030163935.4 · EUIPO Designview · disclosed 2011-02-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested lighting design lacked novelty and individual character in light of earlier hexagonal lamp designs disclosed before 31 January 2013.
- ›The holder maintained that the contested design was novel and had individual character, and disputed that the Chinese design disclosure was accessible to relevant European circles.
- ›The Invalidity Division refused an oral hearing, found the Chinese design had been made available to the public, and treated the informed user as someone familiar with lighting products.
- ›Comparing the overall impressions, the Division found the contested design did not differ from the earlier hexagonal lamp design and therefore lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld in full, so the Division did not need to assess the separate novelty ground.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro Sesma Merino
- MemberWolfgang Schramek
- MemberBenjamin van Bavel
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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