Invalidity · first instance · 2025-04-23
000128096
Contested design: 001484661-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No 001484661-0001 is declared invalid; the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 001484661-0001 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
Xiaoling CENvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 1014 Chuangye 1st Road, Block 85, Haiwang Community, Xin'an Street, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Jiesente Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 2002, Block B, Laobing Business Building, Yintian Industrial Zone, Baoan Avenue, Xixiang Street, Baoan District, Shenzhen, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
flower-shaped ceiling light with fan
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096MBH439?th=1 · Amazon.com · disclosed 2021-05-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier disclosures, especially D1.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing for D1 as prior public disclosure before 16 January 2022 and found the compared designs identical.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberThorsten ICKENROTH
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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