Invalidity · first instance · 2026-01-30
000125757
Contested design: 001116347-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder is ordered to pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el diseño de la UE registrado n.º 001116347-0001. 3. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas de la solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
LEDS-C4, S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Sant Cugat del Valles (Barcelona), España
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Marset Iluminacion, S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Terrassa, España
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
viseras para vehículos
iluminación para asientos de vehículos
dispositivo de iluminación articulado
US 6 986 590 B1 · Boletín Oficial de Patentes de Estados Unidos · disclosed 2006-01-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the wall-lamp design lacked individual character over three earlier US patent disclosures showing articulated lighting devices with the same overall configuration.
- ›Holder contested relevant disclosure, defining the sector narrowly as recessed wall lamps and arguing the cited US patents came from unrelated fields and created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found US patent document 3 had been validly disclosed before the filing date and that the holder had not rebutted reasonable knowledge by specialised circles in the EU.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom and the strong visual overlap with document 3, the contested design produced no different overall impression and had to be invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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