Invalidity · first instance · 2024-08-28
000125398
Contested design: 015038956-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0150389560004 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Sompex Im- und Export, Handelsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung & Co. Kommanditgesellschaftvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Werftstraße 20-22, 40549 Düsseldorf, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Nan Zheng
China (CN)
One of the public collective households, No. 93, Huangshi N. Rd., Baiyun, Guangzhou 510080, China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (5)
table lamp
RCD No 0087211200006 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-11-02
lamp with a bottle support
RCD No 0087211200007 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-11-02
commercialised lamp design shown in colour
RCD No 0087211200008 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-11-02
Lamella Corks for 0.5-1.5 litre bottles
article No 452492 · ich-zapfe.de product catalogue and webpage
lamp concept for insertion into a bottle neck
WO 2023/020666 A1 · international patent publication · disclosed 2023-02-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Articles 25(1)(b) and 25(1)(d), relying on earlier RCDs D1-D3 and Lamella Corks material to challenge novelty, individual character, and prior-right conflict.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division held Article 25(1)(d) did not apply because the earlier RCD had already been published before the contested design's filing date.
- ›Comparing the contested lamp individually with D1-D3, the Division found visible differences in the lampshade, base, stem, and top details, so the contested design remained new and had individual character.
- ›The application was rejected, and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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