Invalidity · first instance · 2023-12-04
000119662
Contested design: 008932099-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0089320990005 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Velyo Velevvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
32, Tzar Simeon Ist, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria
Represented by
Andrej Bukovnik
Holder · RCD owner
Yuyao Hilite Electric CO., LTDvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
CE23, Far East Industrial Park, Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province, 315400, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
lamp
RCD No 008505580-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-04-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on at least four earlier designs, including earlier RCD No 008505580-0001 for a lamp.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure because only the registration number was cited and argued differences in the cap, base, and base underside created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division held that publication of the earlier RCD in the Community Designs Bulletin established disclosure and that no extra register extract was needed for an EUIPO-held registration.
- ›It found the designs overwhelmingly similar, treated the underside differences as less important in normal use, and concluded the contested design lacked individual character and was invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlfonso CID GONZÁLEZ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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