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Contested design 008838536-0001

Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-09

000128957

Contested design: 008838536-0001

EUDR

Outcome

Application rejected (holder wins)

The invalidity application against registered EU design No 008838536-0001 is rejected.

Show verbatim operative text

The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 008838536-0001 is rejected.

CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400

Parties

Applicant · invalidity challenger

Benito urban sluvia PDF extraction

Spain (ES)

VIC, Spain

Holder · RCD owner

Signify Holding B.V.

Netherlands (NL)

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Legal grounds invoked

Article 3(a)Article 25(1)(a)

Argument summary

  • Applicant argued the registered views disclosed two incompatible luminaire shapes and relied in part on a 27/06/2025 Alicante interim order as support for invalidity under Article 25(1)(a).
  • Holder answered that all seven views depicted one rectangular luminaire, with any apparent discrepancy explained by perspective, and said the expert material only illustrated what was already visible.
  • The Division treated the Alicante order as non-binding, assessed the registered views autonomously, and found no mutually exclusive configurations or insurmountable inconsistency.
  • Application rejected because the contested design represented a single product and complied with Article 3(a) EUDR.

Deciding panel

  • MemberChiara BORACE
  • MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
  • MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ

Decision files

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Locarno classes

26.03

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