Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-12
000124215
Contested design: 015037794-0017
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, 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 015037794-0017 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yu Pengvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 28, Group 2, Zhousigong, Songjiapai Village, Jianchang Town, Nancheng County, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province 344000, 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
Maria Ioannides
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for a 'Portable Metal Table Lamp for Indoor/Outdoor' lamp
ASIN B0C2CDMRMJ · Amazon · disclosed 2023-04-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier lamp disclosed on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, the informed user, or the comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found the designer's freedom at least average.
- ›The similarities in the cylindrical lamp structure and decorative arrangement dominated; the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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