Invalidity · first instance · 2025-05-21
000127115
Contested design: 015068899-0001
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 0150688990001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Ruikale Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Qiu Chen
China (CN)
Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Yanyun Zhang
Prior art cited (1)
Polycristalline Silicon Solar Panel 2W 5V Outdoor Solar Charger
ASIN B 09H 4BK CK9 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-06-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier solar charger disclosed on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The applicant filed Amazon screenshots and a later full printout identifying ASIN B 09H 4BK CK9 and a first online availability date of 2 June 2023.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the disclosure evidence and similarity arguments were left undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the supplemental evidence, found the earlier Amazon disclosure proven, and held the minor design differences insufficient to alter the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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