Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-18
000120861
Contested design: 007022215-0014
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 007022215-0014 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Isotronic, Inh. Kay Mezger e.K.via PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Aistaiger Strasse 31, 78727 Oberndorf, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Dongyang Kewen Lighting Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No.18, Xiyi Road, Lantian Community Small Commodity Industrial Park, Baiyun Street, Dongyang City, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
lamp
ASIN B 07G SZB PSZ · Amazon.it · disclosed 2018-08-25
lamp
ASIN B 07Q R18 CY1 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2019-03-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested lamp design lacked novelty because identical lamps had already been offered on Amazon before the 14 October 2019 filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted Amazon printouts D1 and D2 as prior disclosures under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›The application was rejected because the contested design's additional top solar panel meant the earlier lamps were not identical under Article 5 CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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