Invalidity · first instance · 2025-04-03
000127517
Contested design: 008268155-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008268155-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Guangzhou NO Line Creation Culture Dept Co. Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 101, No.8, Aotou North Street, Gaotangshi, Kemulang, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Gingko Design Ltd
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit C23c, Holly Farm Business Park Honiley, Kenilworth Warwickshire CV8 1NP, United Kingdom
Prior art cited (1)
Lighting
CN305747092S · Chinese patent database · disclosed 2020-04-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on earlier Chinese design patent CN305747092S for lighting.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the Chinese patent publication of 28/04/2020 established prior disclosure and that the prior and contested designs were identical in their overall features.
- ›The application was upheld on novelty grounds under Article 25(1)(b) and Article 5(1)(b), so the individual-character ground was not examined further.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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