Invalidity · first instance · 2025-01-13
000124081
Contested design: 002318477-0011
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the registered Community design No 002318477-0011 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité est accueillie. 2. Le dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 002318477-0011 est déclaré nul. 3. La titulaire supporte les frais, fixés à 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lichtstudio Eisenkeil GmbHvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Hoferweg 8, 6134 Vomp, Autriche
Represented by
Stefan Warbek
Holder · RCD owner
Designheurevia PDF extraction
France (FR)
5 Place Delille, 34200 Sète France
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
2010 Designheure catalog showing the Nuage collection table lamp named "petit nuage blanc" on pages 9 and 10
https://www.designheure.com/download/catalogue_2010.pdf · Designheure website
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested lamp design lacked novelty because the holder had already disclosed the same design in its 2010 catalog, outside the one-year grace period before filing in October 2013.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure, arguing its 2010 catalog was not reasonably known to relevant EU lighting circles, the design only became known from 2013/2014, and creation or later materials did not prove prior disclosure.
- ›The Division found the 2010 PDF catalog on the holder's website was a public internet disclosure under Article 7 and that the holder did not rebut that specialized circles could reasonably have known it.
- ›The Division concluded the earlier and contested designs were identical apart from insignificant details, so the contested RCD was not new and had to be declared invalid.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld in full, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberMichelle M. DELACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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