Invalidity · first instance · 2025-06-02
000124936
Contested design: 009145022-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 009145022-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Patrick Heiligersvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Aachen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yingkou Baoxin Trading Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yingkou, Liaoning Province, China
Represented by
Andrea Albert Catala
Prior art cited (3)
Furein10 bathroom grip
https://www.amazon.es; ASIN B09RKDFGWK · Amazon.es · disclosed 2022-01-31
LORESJOY bathroom grip
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B09S5TG4ZB · Amazon.de · disclosed 2022-02-10
Chinese design registration in class 06-06
202030759740.X · Chinese design bulletin · disclosed 2022-04-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that earlier Amazon listings disclosed an identical or near-identical bathroom tap grip before the filing date, so the contested design lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder said its own earlier Amazon listing fell within the grace period, denied any link to the applicant's cited listing, and disputed the relevance of the applicant's other evidence.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the Amazon.es listing sufficiently proved public disclosure before filing and held that the grace-period exception did not apply to that unrelated prior design.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found the same overall impression on the informed user and declared the contested design invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
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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