Invalidity · first instance · 2025-05-05
000127577
Contested design: 015039084-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015039084-0007 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ziqi Liuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Decobus Handel GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Buchholz, Germany
Prior art cited (1)
Maison Arts set of dining chairs
ASIN B0BT SN8 7P9 · Amazon.com · disclosed 2023-02-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested dining-chair design lacked novelty and individual character in light of two earlier designs disclosed on Amazon.com.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but did not file any observations.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted Annex 1 as proof of prior internet disclosure and found the designer’s freedom for dining chairs at least average.
- ›The Division held that the similarities dominated the minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and had to be invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
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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