Invalidity · first instance · 2026-04-13
000131284
Contested design: 015019758-0003
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the registered EU design No. 015019758-0003 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene EU-Geschmacksmuster Nr. 015019758-0003 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf EUR 720 festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yong Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Chongqing, China
Holder · RCD owner
Venture MK UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Germany (DE)
Schorndorf, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
table lamp design
CN 307708106 S (application No. 202230443612.3) · Chinese Patent Office database · disclosed 2022-12-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier disclosed designs, relying in particular on D1 from the Chinese Patent Office database.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations in the invalidity proceedings.
- ›The Division found D1 was disclosed before the contested design's filing date and that both designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), so the invalidity application was upheld and the design was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvo TSENKOV
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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