Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-08
000124079
Contested design: 004030245-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 004030245-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 004030245-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Der Inhaber trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ningbo Jinyi Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Wanyang Zhongchuang City, Small and Micro Enterprise Park, Dajiahe Town, Ninghai County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Maria Ioannides
Holder · RCD owner
Zhihui He
China (CN)
No. 1-27 Shangwang Village, Duqiao town, Lin Gang, Zhejiang, Lin Gang, China
Represented by
Sławomir Krzysztof Nowicki
Prior art cited (1)
lamp
RCD No 002929950-0001 · EUIPO database · disclosed 2016-01-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 002929950-0001, relying on an EUIPO database extract filed as Annex 3.
- ›The holder was invited to comment on the application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier RCD on 19 January 2016, found average designer freedom for lamps, and held that the shared front-face arrangement and structure created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro Sesma Merino
- MemberWolfgang Schramek
- MemberBenjamin van Bavel
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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