Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-12
000130976
Contested design: 008868111-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, EU design No 008868111-0002 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 720 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 008868111-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Baohong Zhouvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Wuhua, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (1)
LED outdoor floodlight shown in an Amazon offer page
ASIN B 089 Y73 4CD · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-03-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested LED light lacked novelty and individual character because it copied earlier LED floodlight designs disclosed before filing, including an Amazon offer page.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure or the design comparison.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de printout with ASIN B 089 Y73 4CD as sufficient proof of public internet disclosure from 2020-03-15 under Article 7(1) EUDR.
- ›Given at least average design freedom, the similarities outweighed the minor differences, so the contested design produced the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 720 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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