Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-19
000124775
Contested design: 015014986-0001
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 015014986-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hui Songvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 1, Hubin Road, Jiaoxin, Shimen Street, Baiyun District, Guangzhou City 510000, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Holder · RCD owner
Freenet Inc.
United States (US)
1312 17th Street Suite 1347, Denver CO 80202, United States
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Stage lights (Butterfly 4-in-1)
CN 202130272963.8 · Chinese patent document · disclosed 2022-01-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier stage-light designs, relying in particular on Chinese design patent CN 202130272963.8.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier Chinese design, found at least average designer freedom, and considered the differences in colour, material, and rear connections insufficient.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid in full, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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