Invalidity · first instance · 2024-02-19
000120240
Contested design: 007213152-0001
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 007213152-0001 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
Ming Wang Yuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room A-302-2, Area A, No. 99 Xiqing Road, Yuanhe Street, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ningbo Ucome Lighting CO., LTD.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 3, Shaojiadu, Zhushan Village, Lizhou Street, Yuyao City, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315400, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (5)
lamp
RCD No 006953238-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-10-10
lamp
RCD No 006953238-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-10-10
lamp
CN 305673371 S (application No 201930541146.0) · Chinese design patent publication · disclosed 2020-03-31
lamp
CN 304484349 S (application No 201730399443.7) · Chinese design patent publication · disclosed 2018-01-30
lamp
UK registered design No 90026503330045 · GOV.UK Find a registered design
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested lamp lacked novelty and individual character over prior designs D1 to D5 disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued D1 to D3 fell within the Article 7(2) grace period, D3 was published after filing, and D4 and D5 created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division disregarded D1 and D2 under the grace period, found D3 and D5 were not validly proven disclosures, and accepted only D4 as prior art.
- ›Comparing D4 with the contested design, the Division found differences in proportions, colour, visible lamp-shade features, and other details sufficient to create a different overall impression.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's fixed representation costs of EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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