Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-17
000073742
Contested design: 008883201-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 008883201-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yanbo Liuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Maria Alicia Izquierdo Blanco
Holder · RCD owner
Mingzhi Gaovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Qi County, Henan Province, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Prior art cited (1)
outdoor wall lamps
CN 306622770 S · China · disclosed 2021-06-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over a published Chinese design patent for outdoor wall lamps.
- ›The holder, although invited, filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Chinese patent publication as prior disclosure and found the compared lamp designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character; the holder was ordered to bear the costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberRebecca DAVIES SANTANA
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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