Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-13
000131305
Contested design: 015039114-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design 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 0150391140001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yong Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Chongqing, China
Holder · RCD owner
Zhongshan Biyu Lighting Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Prior art cited (1)
cordless table lamps offered by 'FDIDC'
ASIN B0B 46L Z783 · Amazon.com · disclosed 2022-04-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier cordless table lamps sold on Amazon since 15 April 2022.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, comparison, or the applicant's evidence.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior web disclosure and found the informed user would see the compared table-lamp designs as creating the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6 EUDR, so the contested design was invalidated and costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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