Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-15
000128580
Contested design: 015083273-0002
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 0150832730002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Sompex Im- und Export, Handelsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung & Co. Kommanditgesellschaftvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Düsseldorf, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Zhongshan Linhe Lighting Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
table lamps
EU design registration No 91534480005 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-08-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the bottle-neck table lamp lacked individual character over an earlier EU design with the same dome-shaped lampshade and top switch.
- ›Holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier EU design through its 31/08/2022 publication in the EU Designs Bulletin.
- ›Given the broad design freedom and dominant lampshade similarities, the contested design created the same overall impression and lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- 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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