Invalidity · first instance · 2023-09-26
000119621
Contested design: 000684360-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 000684360-0001 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
LTV Leuchten & Lampen Vertriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.via PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Industriestraße B Nr. 4, 2345 Brunn am Gebirge, Österreich
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
XAL GmbH
Austria (AT)
Auer-Welsbach-Gasse 36, 8055 Graz, Österreich
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
Model II Corner Y LED product insert from PXF Lighting
PXF Lighting
Model Anour from the Danish company Anour
https://anour.dk/contact-us/ · Anour website
Model AL-OL901 from A.L. Lighting Limited
AL-OL901 · A.L. Lighting Limited
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on three earlier lamp disclosures and requesting oral proceedings plus witness and expert evidence.
- ›The holder denied any proven pre-2007 disclosure of the cited designs and argued the compared lamp designs differed in width and rounded end features.
- ›The Division refused oral proceedings as unnecessary and held the applicant had not proven disclosure under Article 7 with sufficiently dated, independent written evidence.
- ›Because disclosure of all cited earlier designs was unproven, novelty and individual character were not examined further and the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha Galperin
- 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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