Invalidity · first instance · 2025-06-10
000127296
Contested design: 009173875-0001
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 0091738750001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Thrive GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Büdingen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Youhaisi Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
tabletop fireplace
DE 20 2021 100 784 U1 · Germany · disclosed 2021-04-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on a German utility model published on 15 April 2021 showing the same tabletop fireplace shape.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, the prior design, or the comparison.
- ›The Division found the utility model publication proved prior disclosure and that the informed user would see the same overall cylindrical fireplace composition in both designs.
- ›Minor differences, including grooves, bottom details, shading, and decorative stones, did not change the overall impression; the contested design was declared invalid and costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
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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