Invalidity · first instance · 2025-05-14
000127837
Contested design: 015065475-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered EU design No 015065475-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder bears the costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015065475-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ningbo Longwin Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yuyao city, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shuyou Wang
China (CN)
Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
dust mite controller
CN 307725962 S · Chinese patent database · disclosed 2022-12-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity based on an earlier Chinese design patent published before the filing date and argued that the contested vacuum cleaner copied its key shape and construction features.
- ›Holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Chinese patent excerpt as proof of disclosure on 13/12/2022 and found the designer's freedom for dust vacuum cleaners was at least average.
- ›Because the two designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, the application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
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| 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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