Invalidity · first instance · 2026-01-27
000129221
Contested design: 015005924-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015005924-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhongshan Xiaolanzhen Zhenrongheng Electrical Appliance Parts Factoryvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Zhongshan City, China
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Guangtuo Da Lighting Co., LTD
China (CN)
Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Mon Yin Lin
Prior art cited (1)
power supply units
EU design registration No 001799842-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2011-01-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier EU design registration No 001799842-0001.
- ›The holder argued that the contested design had significant visual differences, including the fixing opening, anti-slip pattern, proportions, and openings.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the earlier design had been validly disclosed and that both designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›Given the average degree of design freedom, the identified differences were minor, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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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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