Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-20
000127696
Contested design: 015069411-0001
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 015069411-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhenfang Wangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Hezui Village, Baitan Town, Fugou County, Zhoukou, Henan, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Kang LI
China (CN)
Group 4, Aimin Village, Huanghua Town, Pengze County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon listing for a personalised night light for kids showing a LED lamp holder with an acrylic plate
ASIN B 0CF FYK N2S · Amazon.it · disclosed 2023-08-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested LED lamp lacked novelty and individual character over earlier Amazon-disclosed lamp designs made available before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.it printout as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR and found broad designer freedom for LED lamps.
- ›It held the prior and contested lamps created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested design was invalidated, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
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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