Invalidity · first instance · 2024-09-02
000125297
Contested design: 006615647-0007
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 006615647-0007 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xiaoyun Yuevia PDF extraction
China (CN)
418, Building F, Huachuangda Business Center, Xin'an Street, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Chao Zhai
China (CN)
No.53, Gate 3, No.2 Bldg, East Side, Longshou Village, Lianhu Dist, Xi'an 710014 China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
pendant lamps
Chinese design patent No 304341766 S · China · disclosed 2017-11-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier designs, relying in particular on Chinese design patent No 304341766 S published before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but submitted no observations.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the prior design had been disclosed, the designer's freedom for ceiling lamps was high, and the two lamp designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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