Invalidity · first instance · 2025-06-26
000128356
Contested design: 015030945-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015030945-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Joyin US Corpvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
Tempe, United States
Represented by
Maria Ioannides
Holder · RCD owner
Wenzhou Yaofa E-commerce Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
Prior art cited (1)
LED lights
EU design registration No 009090079-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-07-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier EU design registration No 009090079-0001 for LED lights.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier registered design had been validly disclosed before the contested filing date through its publication in the EU Designs Bulletin.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division held that shared shape, structure, and features outweighed minor color differences, so the contested design created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
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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