Invalidity · first instance · 2025-06-06
000128176
Contested design: 008820914-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 008820914-0004 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mingwei Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Suzhou City, Anhui Province, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Chengbo Wang
China (CN)
Ningbo City, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Marinos Cleanthous
Prior art cited (1)
Hoffenbach Child Magnetic Safety Lock safety lock
https://www.amazon.com; ASIN B072 PPT 9V3 · Amazon · disclosed 2017-06-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier similar safety-lock disclosures including an Amazon listing dated 17/06/2017.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, the prior design, or the applicant's invalidity grounds.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7 and treated the earlier safety-lock design as publicly available before filing.
- ›Comparing overall impressions, the Division found only minor differences in a sector with meaningful design freedom, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
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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