Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-10
000129382
Contested design: 015029534-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015029534-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
BTicino S.P.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Varese (VA), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Wenzhou Haotian Electric Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Wenzhou, Zhenjiang, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
YouTube screenshot showing assembly of the Màtix plate and extractable torch A5780N
YouTube · disclosed 2016-02-02
Amazon.it printouts for the Màtix plate and torch relied on as prior designs
ASIN B00KKK21D4 / model AM4802MGL; ASIN B01N6CGKM5X / model A5780N · Amazon.it
Applicant catalogue dated 05/2021 showing the extractable torch A5780N and plate AM4802
BTicino catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested electrical plate with extractable torch lacked novelty and individual character over its earlier Màtix plates and torch disclosed before the priority date.
- ›It said the rear parts were irrelevant in normal use, designer freedom for the visible front was high, and the contested design reproduced the same key features and overall impression.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure through YouTube, Amazon and catalogue evidence, focused on individual character, and found the front view and inserted torch created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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