Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-08
000123134
Contested design: 009203086-0018
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid in full, 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 009203086-0018 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
Guangdong Minglun Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 107, Bldg. 49, No. 2 Keji 10th Road, Songshan Lake Park, Dongguan, Guangdong Province 523000, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Zafferano Pina Pro lamp
ASIN B08953S2PH · amazon.com / amazon.it · disclosed 2020-06-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that earlier market disclosures of the same lamp meant the contested design lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations in the invalidity proceedings.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listings as prior disclosure and found the lamps created the same overall impression; minor base and button differences were insufficient.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear fixed costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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