Invalidity · first instance · 2025-06-26
000128355
Contested design: 015039091-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered EU design No 015039091-0001 is declared invalid; the holder bears costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015039091-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Suzhou Kingbow Electrical Appliances Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China
Represented by
Maria Ioannides
Holder · RCD owner
Golden Products Trading Inc.via PDF extraction
United States (US)
New York, NY, United States
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Cordless vacuum cleaners
EU design registration No 008825384-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-01-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying at least on its earlier EU design registration for cordless vacuum cleaners.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier registered design had been validly disclosed and that both stick vacuum cleaner designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR.
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 ↗ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000132204 vs Baofeng LIU | 2026-05-26 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 15 | 8 |
| 000132185 vs Baofeng LIU | 2026-05-26 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 15 | 8 |
| 000132064 vs Han Sheng | 2026-05-06 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 15 | 8 |
| 000131827 vs linbo GAO | 2026-04-28 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 15 | 8 |
| 000131826 vs linbo GAO | 2026-04-27 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 15 | 8 |
| 000131787 vs linbo GAO | 2026-04-21 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 15 | 8 |
| 000131088 vs ZhiAo Zhou | 2026-03-18 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 15 | 8 |
| 000129841 vs Suzhou Kingbow Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd | 2026-01-26 | REUD invalidated | Art 25(1)(b) | 15 | 8 |