Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-12
000130165
Contested design: 015077673-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and EU design No 0150776730005 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0150776730005 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ping Wuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Holder · RCD owner
Zhongshan Bogesi Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Zhongshan City, China
Represented by
Jesús Eladio Sánchez Silva
Prior art cited (1)
SOARFLY LED transformer
ASIN B0C9WJW6SV · amazon.es · disclosed 2023-07-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested compact transformer design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier online-disclosed designs, relying in particular on an Amazon listing for a SOARFLY LED transformer first available on 18 July 2023.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the application was undefended.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Amazon printout as proof of disclosure under Article 7(1) and found that the prior and contested designs shared the same essential housing, connector, colour, and embossed-symbol features.
- ›Given the designer's average freedom and the close similarity of the designs, the contested design produced no different overall impression on the informed user and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
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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