Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-04
000128179
Contested design: 009070451-0001
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 009070451-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
4u Retailvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
La Ville-du-bois, France
Represented by
Julien Riant
Prior art cited (2)
SDRTOP Vacuum Suction Cup offered on Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk; ASIN B 09L H1J 4FZ · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2021-11-10
another earlier design invoked in the application but not specified in the decision text
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier disclosed suction cup vacuum lifter designs, relying in particular on an Amazon product listing dated 10/11/2021.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure and found the designer's freedom not severely limited for this product category.
- ›Comparing the shared form, handle, gauge placement, and overall configuration, the Division found no different overall impression and declared the contested design invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
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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