Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-17
000120882
Contested design: 008005813-0002
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 008005813-0002 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
Ningbo Vasa Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Floor 2, Bld 4, Maojiacao Industrial Area Qianzhou Shounan Sub-District, Yinzhou, Ningbo, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Electronic Controls Companyvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
833 - W. Diamond, Boise, Idaho 83705, United States
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
alarm lights
Community design No 0069641930001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-10-14
warning light design shown in a YouTube video
mpower Fascia Installation Espanol · YouTube · disclosed 2016-09-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested warning-light design lacked individual character over earlier design D1 and a YouTube disclosure D2, and said the grooves should be disregarded as solely technical.
- ›Holder argued D1 and D2 created different overall impressions and contended Article 8(1) could not invalidate the design because several visible features were not solely dictated by function.
- ›The Division accepted D1 and the YouTube screenshot for D2 as prior disclosures under Article 7(1), but disregarded two extra images that were not linked to the video.
- ›It found the contested design produced a different overall impression because D1's emitters differed clearly and D2's details were too unclear, so the invalidity application was rejected with costs against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
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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