Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-07
000123278
Contested design: 015002886-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0150028860001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jincheng Qingxin Trading Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 2010, 2nd Floor, Huayang Office Building, No. 315 Lanhua Road, Jincheng Development Zone, Jincheng, Shanxi Province 048000 China
Holder · RCD owner
Huizhou Jiexin Electronic Technology Co., LTD
China (CN)
Rm 402, F 4, No.4 Workshop, Area 1, Daxin Group, Shuguang Avenue, ChenJiang St, ZhongKai High-tech Zone, Huizhou, Guangdong 516229, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
LIGHTJXDS Cordless Table Lamp
https://www.amazon.com; ASIN B 0BG 21D RV8 · Amazon · disclosed 2022-09-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier Amazon listing for a similar table lamp.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, the informed user analysis, or the design comparison.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior disclosure before 11/11/2022 and found average design freedom for table lamps.
- ›It held that the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior lamp, so the RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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