Invalidity · first instance · 2025-06-23
000125696
Contested design: 015015898-0001
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 015015898-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Volvo Car Corporationvia PDF extraction
Sweden (SE)
Göteborg, Sweden
Holder · RCD owner
Skywell Automobile Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China
Prior art cited (4)
02874677-0003
005817707-0001
photograph of a car showing the relevant headlight trim
https://carnewschina.com/2021/07/27/skyworth-did-it-again-et5-was-suddenly-renamed-to-ev6-upon-launch/ · carnewschina.com · disclosed 2021-07-27
CN 306021471 · China
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over D1 to D4, arguing that only the front-visible part of the headlight matters under Article 4(2).
- ›Holder disputed the reliability and quality of D3, argued informed users consider more of the product, and said illuminated daytime-running-light features should carry particular weight.
- ›The Division accepted D3 as a valid internet disclosure from 27/07/2021 and held that only features visible during normal use of the mounted headlight may be compared.
- ›It found the visible front features of D3 and the contested design created the same overall impression, so the design lacked individual character and was invalidated with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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