Invalidity · first instance · 2025-05-06
000127675
Contested design: 015074868-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015074868-0005 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhenwei Rongvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xiongjie Li
China (CN)
Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Emilio Zeininger
Prior art cited (1)
Silicone Mould Chocolate Bar
ASIN B0DFHFJFFB · Amazon.de · disclosed 2024-08-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the confectioners' mould design lacked novelty and individual character over an identical Amazon.de product listing available from 28 August 2024.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de printout as sufficient internet disclosure evidence under Article 7(1) EUDR and found the prior design showed the same protected features.
- ›The Division held the contested design was not new under Article 5(1)(b) EUDR, upheld the application, and declared the design invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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