Invalidity · first instance · 2023-09-22
000121324
Contested design: 008707376-0002
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 008707376-0002 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)
No. 013, Donggang Lane, Shenliu Neighborhood Committee, Shenliu Town, Anxiang County, Hunan Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Luting Huang
China (CN)
No.57, Pingjiangtun, Pingjiang Village, Jiao’an Town, Shangxi County, Guangxi 535500, China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
Kingwei 20 W LED Wall Light Indoor / Outdoor
ASIN B08QF3G6TK · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-12-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier Amazon.de listing for a Kingwei wall lamp available since 12 December 2020.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut the applicant’s evidence or arguments on prior disclosure and comparison.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior disclosure, found average designer freedom for wall lamps, and considered the slight differences on the back too minor to alter the overall impression.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, so the application was upheld and the design was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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