Invalidity · first instance · 2025-05-16
000127815
Contested design: 015063023-0001
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 015063023-0001 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 Let It Be Arts And Crafts Co.,Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Ningbo, China
Represented by
Michele Carella
Holder · RCD owner
Daniel-Vasile Ilie
Germany (DE)
Chemnitz, Germany
Prior art cited (1)
hairbrush
EU design registration No 005831716-0001 · EU Design Bulletin · disclosed 2019-02-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier published EU design for a hairbrush.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of EU design registration No 005831716-0001 through its 27/02/2019 EU Design Bulletin publication.
- ›It found the designs created the same overall impression despite minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
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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