Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-25
000126163
Contested design: 015021200-0002
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 015021200-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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China (CN)
Room 202, Unit 3, Building 10, No. 2398 Meihua West Road, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Zhejiang Kaiyou Lighting Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No. 75, Liuzhai Section, Luodongnan Street, Yongzhong Street, Longwan District, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province 325024, China
Represented by
Michele Carella
Prior art cited (1)
URing ceiling light
ASIN B0BV1RMYVC · Amazon (amazon.de, amazon.fr, amazon.it, amazon.es) · disclosed 2023-02-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued that the contested ceiling light lacked individual character over the earlier URing light disclosed on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, similarity, or the applicant’s legal grounds.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listings as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) and found a high degree of designer freedom for lighting fixtures.
- ›It found the designs effectively identical apart from a minor spotlight-depth difference, producing no different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the design was declared invalid under Article 25(1)(b) with Article 6, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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