Invalidity · first instance · 2025-01-14
000126255
Contested design: 008461172-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is granted, Community design No 008461172-0002 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 008461172-0002 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ruxian Huangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
504, No.20 Sanxiang, Hetai Road, Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province 510000, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Chao Zhaivia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Am Juliusturm 53, 13599 Berlin, Deutschland
Prior art cited (1)
wall light
201930219858.0 · WIPO Global Design Database · disclosed 2019-10-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested wall-light design lacked individual character because two earlier designs, including a Chinese design published in 2019, created the same overall impression.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the Chinese design through the WIPO Global Design Database on 2019-10-25 and found designer freedom for wall lights to be high.
- ›It found the designs shared the same key features and overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b).
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was invalidated, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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