Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-08
000128196
Contested design: 008655286-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 008655286-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Axel Schulzvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Dütschow, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Rafał Sowa
Poland (PL)
Siennica Nadolna, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
toilet roll holder offered on Amazon
ASIN B07 XQR TMLH · Amazon (amazon.de) · disclosed 2019-09-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested design lacked novelty and at least individual character over an earlier toilet roll holder offered on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied on an Amazon printout showing ASIN B07 XQR TMLH available since 10 September 2019.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as proof of disclosure, found the designs produced the same overall impression on the informed user, and held the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- 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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