Invalidity · first instance · 2025-05-15
000127581
Contested design: 015068408-0002
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 015068408-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Interglobal Trading Solutions Group SLvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Sant Cogut del Vallés, Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Xumingsheng Technology Co., LTD.
China (CN)
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Francesco Agostini
Prior art cited (7)
BallFall toy / board game
EU design No 015059997-0001 · EUIPO · disclosed 2024-05-14
BallFall toy / board game
EU design No 015059997-0002 · EUIPO · disclosed 2024-05-14
BallFall toy / board game
EU design No 015060010-0001 · EUIPO · disclosed 2024-05-14
Set for the Development of Fine Motor Skills and Concentration
Spanish Utility Model application No 202331412 · Spanish Patent and Trademark Office · disclosed 2023-07-31
BallFall game
US Copyright registration No TX 9379498 · U.S. Copyright Office · disclosed 2024-02-28
BALLFALL offered by Nene Toys
https://www.amazon.es (ASIN B0C5RJNH12) · Amazon.es · disclosed 2023-05-19
Video on applicant's 'Nene Toys' YouTube account showing the BallFall game
https://www.youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2024-01-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested board-game design lacked individual character over its earlier BallFall designs and disclosures, including Amazon and YouTube evidence, and also invoked other invalidity grounds.
- ›The holder, although invited, filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the Amazon listing sufficiently proved prior disclosure, considered designer freedom broad for board games, and held that the shared hexagonal tower, panels, poles and balls created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6(1)(b) EUDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
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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