Invalidity · first instance · 2024-08-22
000124997
Contested design: 015025412-0002
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 015025412-0002 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 design patent registration No 202230349648.5 · Chinese Bulletin · disclosed 2023-02-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over an earlier Chinese registered design for a table lamp disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier Chinese design patent was validly disclosed on 28/02/2023 under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Given at least average designer freedom, the minor underside-base difference did not alter the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberChiara BORACE
Decision files
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