Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-13
000131425
Contested design: 015048679-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered EU design No 0150486790001 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0150486790001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hongya Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Ningbo, Ninghai County, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Rolf Klemm
Holder · RCD owner
Shengyu Chen
China (CN)
Leizhou City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (1)
dual-head solar emergency light
307487691 S · Chinese design patent publication · disclosed 2022-08-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested LED torch was identical to, or at least lacked individual character over, earlier Chinese design patent No 307487691 S.
- ›The holder was invited to submit observations but filed none, leaving the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Chinese design patent publication as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR, identified the informed user as familiar with LED torches, and found designer freedom at least average.
- ›It found the shared rectangular torch shape, handle, three-sided LED layout, and side solar panel decisive; color and surface-pattern differences did not alter the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested EU design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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