Invalidity · first instance · 2025-05-13
000127835
Contested design: 015012979-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design 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 EU design No 015012979-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yuyao Hilite Electric Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yuyao City - Zhejiang Prov., China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangzhou Mybeauty Household Products Co., Ltd
China (CN)
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Andrea Albert Catala
Prior art cited (2)
table lamp marketed as 'Nuindie LED Akku Tischleuchte'
EU design No 004555001-0006 · EUIPO designs database · disclosed 2017-12-20
Mexong lamp / desk lamp
https://www.ficession.com; Düsseldorf Regional Court 14c O 75/22 · ficession.com and Düsseldorf Regional Court decision · disclosed 2022-09-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested desk lamp lacked novelty and individual character in light of its earlier lamp design and the identical Mexong lamp already marketed before filing.
- ›It relied on the applicant's earlier EU design registration, a 2022 Düsseldorf court decision, test-purchase photographs, and an affidavit to prove prior disclosure.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the Mexong lamp had been disclosed before 01/03/2023 and that it created the same overall impression as the contested design on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6(1)(b) EUDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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