Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-06
000126296
Contested design: 015034299-0016
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 015034299-0016 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ruxian Huangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 504, No.20 Helong 2nd Road, Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province 510000, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Dan Wangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 5 7, Group 1, Xinling Village, Guancun Town, Da County, Sichuan Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
SENFAY 100 cm Modern LED Pendant Light offered on Amazon
ASIN B0B4NTSFHT · amazon.de · disclosed 2022-06-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier Amazon disclosure of a substantially identical pendant lamp.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, comparison, or the applicant's evidence.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon webpage as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) and found a high degree of designer freedom for lamps.
- ›Because the earlier and contested designs created the same overall impression, the RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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