Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-04
000128295
Contested design: 015023913-0001
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 015023913-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhongshan Mingzhi Lighting Co. Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
Holder · RCD owner
Xuefen Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Tianmen, Hubei, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
Sensor lights in Locarno class 26-05
EU design registration No 015011822-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-03-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier EU design registration No 015011822-0001 for sensor lights.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier EU design had been validly disclosed before the filing date and compared the designs from the perspective of the informed user.
- ›It held that the contested LED light created the same overall impression as the prior design, lacked individual character, and had to be invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- 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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