Invalidity · first instance · 2025-06-17
000128076
Contested design: 015013767-0001
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 015013767-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Haiyi Plastic Products Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Mingzhen Linvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Andrea Albert Catala
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for a "Mini Greenhouse with Light" seedling tray product
ASIN B09PHPTZX9 · Amazon · disclosed 2022-01-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier online disclosure of a similar seedling tray product on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, designer freedom, or the comparison with the prior design.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR and found the designer's freedom at least average.
- ›It held that the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior design, lacked individual character, and had to be invalidated in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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