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Contested design 000050125-0001

Invalidity · first instance · 2025-06-26

000124615

Contested design: 000050125-0001

EUDR

Outcome

Application rejected (holder wins)

The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.

Show verbatim operative text

1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 000050125-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.

CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400

Parties

Applicant · invalidity challenger

Jiangsu Sanjo Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction

China (CN)

Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Holder · RCD owner

Thetford LLC

United States (US)

Wilmington, United States

Represented by

Jak France

Legal grounds invoked

Article 25(1)(a)Article 3(1)

Argument summary

  • Applicant argued the seven views were inconsistent and unclear, so the contested design did not satisfy the definition of a design under Article 3(1) EUDR.
  • Holder replied that the alleged discrepancies concerned perspective, contour rendering, or broken-line unclaimed features, and that the views still showed one unitary product.
  • The Invalidity Division found each alleged inconsistency reconcilable when the views were read together and held that the representation remained clear, precise, and coherent.
  • The invalidity application under Article 25(1)(a) EUDR was rejected because the contested design remained a single identifiable design for a portable holding tank.

Deciding panel

  • MemberNatascha GALPERIN
  • MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
  • MemberEmmanuel COLLIN

Decision files

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Locarno classes

23.02

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