Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-18
000122474
Contested design: 015003373-0002
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 0150033730002 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
Nan Huangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 15, Building 17, No. 92, University South Road, Erqi District, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province 450000, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Holder · RCD owner
HuiLan Zeng
France (FR)
67 rue Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris, France
Prior art cited (4)
solar lights
RCD No 0005830000010 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2006-09-26
solar lights
Chinese design application No 202230552752.4 · China · disclosed 2023-01-06
solar lights
Chinese design application No 202030014283.1 · China · disclosed 2020-08-25
Alleged prior product disclosure via shopping-site screenshots, product images and video screenshots
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B08Q7FVM9Y?th=1; https://detail.1688.com/offer/649313040372.html?spm=a360q.8274423.0.0.27044c9aNJtHFl; https://www.alibaba.com; https://www.tiktok.com · Amazon.de; 1688; Alibaba; TikTok
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over D1, D2, D3 and alleged earlier online disclosures.
- ›Holder argued the common features were functional or market-standard and that visible differences in poles, lights, base and solar unit changed the overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 and D3, but rejected D2 and the links, screenshots and video materials as insufficient or temporally irrelevant evidence.
- ›Comparing D1 and D3 with the contested solar-light design, the Division found pronounced differences in the poles, light heads, power-source placement and base.
- ›The contested design retained novelty and individual character, so the invalidity application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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| 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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