Invalidity · first instance · 2025-06-16
000128215
Contested design: 009044837-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 009044837-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Maozu Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Junwang Wangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Lianyungang City, Jiangsu, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
anneway ChristmasTree Fairy Lights string light for Christmas tree
ASIN B09D9BCY54 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2021-08-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested Christmas-tree string light design lacked novelty and individual character because an almost identical design had already been disclosed online.
- ›The applicant relied on an Amazon offer for 'anneway ChristmasTree Fairy Lights' with ASIN B09D9BCY54, said to be available from 21 August 2021.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the Amazon evidence sufficient to prove prior disclosure and held that the contested design created the same overall impression as the earlier design.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR.
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 ↗ |
Locarno classes
Similar decisions
Ranked by shared Locarno class + shared legal grounds + matching outcome. Click a case to view full detail.
| Case | Date | Outcome | Shared grounds | Locarno | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000130945 vs Space Copenhagen Design ApS | 2026-05-11 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 8 |
| 000131284 vs Venture MK UG (haftungsbeschränkt) | 2026-04-13 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 8 |
| 000131264 vs Venture MK UG (haftungsbeschränkt) | 2026-04-13 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 8 |
| 000131304 vs Venture MK UG (haftungsbeschränkt) | 2026-04-13 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 8 |
| 000131245 vs Venture MK UG (haftungsbeschränkt) | 2026-04-13 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 8 |
| 000131366 vs DANMAR TECH SL | 2026-04-08 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 8 |
| 000131247 vs chao zhai | 2026-04-02 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 8 |
| 000129540 vs Ningbo Wilder Outdoor Products Co., Ltd. | 2026-03-24 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 26 | 8 |