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 Velev
Bulgaria (BG)
32, Tzar Simeon Ist, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria
Represented by
Andrej Bukovnik
Holder · RCD owner
Yuyao Hilite Electric CO., LTD
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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