Invalidity · first instance · 2025-05-20
000127955
Contested design: 015045383-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design 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 EU design No 015045383-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Baifeng Shenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jiayu Hu
China (CN)
Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Michele Carella
Prior art cited (1)
projector lamp called “Sternenhimmel Projektor, Astronaut Projektor Nachtlicht”
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B 0DN G59 CQZ · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-06-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier projector-lamp designs disclosed on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied in particular on an Amazon.de listing for “Sternenhimmel Projektor, Astronaut Projektor Nachtlicht” with ASIN B 0DN G59 CQZ, available from 9 June 2023.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the Division assessed individual character first and accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure evidence under Article 7(1) EUDR.
- ›The Division found the designs produced the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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