Invalidity · first instance · 2024-12-03
000124315
Contested design: 003494624-0009
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 003494624-0009 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Muchun LINvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.4, Rear Lane, Beishe Village, Xi'nan Town, Chenghai District,, Shantou, Guangdong 515800 China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Lu ZHANG
Hong Kong (HK)
Unit C 10/F, Cheuk Nang Plaza, 250 Hennessy Rd, Wanchai, Hongkong China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for 'Kids Gifts Night Lighting Lamp'
ASIN B 01D ZK3 7WY · Amazon.com · disclosed 2016-08-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued lack of individual character over earlier night-light disclosures and also alleged unauthorised use of a prior Chinese copyrighted work.
- ›The holder disputed the reliability of the applicant's disclosure evidence, argued design differences in colour, pattern and button layout, and said limited design freedom made those differences significant.
- ›The Division accepted Amazon disclosure evidence dated 28/08/2016, found the informed user would see the compared night-light designs as nearly identical, and treated colour and dome-pattern differences as minor.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b); the Division did not examine the remaining grounds once individual character failed.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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