Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-03
000128875
Contested design: 004555001-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 004555001-0006 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zheng Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Holder · RCD owner
Yuyao Hilite Eelectric CO., LTDvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yuyao City - Zhejiang prov, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
lamp
RCD No 000679030-0003 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2007-04-03
lamp
CN 300856650 D · Chinese Bulletin · disclosed 2008-12-03
lamp
RCD No 002551580-0003 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-11-24
lamp
402017100684-0022 · German Patent and Trade Mark Office · disclosed 2017-10-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested standing lamp lacked novelty and individual character over earlier designs D1 to D4.
- ›The holder argued that the contested design had been recognised as innovative, that prior courts had upheld its validity, and that its proportions, top surface, and central on/off button differentiated it from the prior designs.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted disclosure of D1 to D4, found high designer freedom for standing lamps, and held that the market evidence did not show a saturation requiring unusually fine distinctions.
- ›Comparing each cited design with the contested lamp, the Division found visible differences in the base, stand, lampshade structure, proportions, and top-button configuration, creating a different overall impression.
- ›The invalidity grounds under Articles 25(1)(b), 5(1)(b), and 6(1)(b) EUDR failed, so the application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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