Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-07
000129703
Contested design: 015073901-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered EU design No 0150739010001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0150739010001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Prior art cited (1)
stage lighting device
EU design No 0150674490004 · Office Bulletin · disclosed 2024-07-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier registered EU design No 0150674490004 for a stage lighting device.
- ›The holder was invited to submit observations on the application but did not reply.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier EU design on 30 July 2024 as sufficient disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR and found broad designer freedom for portable stage-light projectors.
- ›It held that the differences were detail adjustments within a very similar casing and light configuration, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 720 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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