Invalidity · first instance · 2023-12-22
000120081
Contested design: 004555001-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay 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 004555001-0006 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
SPE Roman Andrévia PDF extraction
France (FR)
35 rue Paradis, 13001 Marseille, France
Represented by
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 (10)
IKEA table lamp identified as 'FANSTA' shade and 'GRUNDTON' lamp base
IKEA electronic catalogue / ikeamuseum.com · disclosed 2008-07-13
Flos Deco table lamp
Flos Deco electronic catalogue / issuu.com · disclosed 2011-01-11
'Lampe de table moderne sans-fil Poldina par Zafferano' table lamp
www.laredoute.fr · laredoute.fr / Google search result · disclosed 2016-04-15
Alinéa table lamp (first lamp shown)
Art&Décoration No 520, p. 164 · Art&Décoration magazine
Alinéa table lamp (second lamp shown)
Art&Décoration No 520, p. 164 · Art&Décoration magazine
table lamp shown in Instagram post
antiquearte Instagram post · Instagram · disclosed 2017-09-29
lamp
RCD No 000679030-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin / DesignView · disclosed 2007-04-03
lamp
RCD No 000691340-0005 · Community Designs Bulletin / DesignView · disclosed 2007-04-24
lamp
RCD No 001228142-0041 · Community Designs Bulletin / DesignView · disclosed 2010-08-11
lamp
RCD No 002551580-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin / DesignView · disclosed 2014-11-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over D1-D10, arguing the lamp switch was technical or negligible.
- ›Holder disputed several disclosures, stressed differences in the base, stand, lampshade proportions and closed top/button, and argued market saturation was insufficiently shown.
- ›The Division rejected D3-D6 as valid disclosures, accepted D1, D2 and D7-D10, and held the top surface and on/off button contributed to the contested design's appearance.
- ›Comparing the accepted prior art individually, the Division found different overall impressions, so novelty and individual character remained and the application failed.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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