Invalidity · first instance · 2024-08-22
000124995
Contested design: 015025412-0001
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 015025412-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ningbo Ucome Lighting Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 3, Shaojiadu, Zhushan Village, Lizhou Street, Yuyao City, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315400 China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yuyao Vchalux Electric Co., Ltd
China (CN)
No.99 Zhushan Economic Zone, Lizhou Street, Yuyao, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315400, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
table lamp
Chinese patent registration No 202230349598.0 · Chinese Bulletin · disclosed 2022-09-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Chinese registered design for a table lamp published before the contested filing date.
- ›Holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier Chinese patent publication validly disclosed the prior design and considered designer freedom at least average for table lamps.
- ›Because the compared designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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