Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-10
000128495
Contested design: 015060547-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015060547-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Longchamp, Société par Actions Simplifiéevia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Paris, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jie Yuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yangquan City, Shanxi Province, China
Represented by
Yanyun Zhang
Prior art cited (1)
Longchamp 'Le Pliage' handbag depicted in an online magazine article
Longchamp’s Sloane Ranger Le Pliage bag is having a comeback (yes, really) · The Standard · disclosed 2023-07-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, alleging the contested handbag copied its earlier 'Le Pliage' bag marketed since 1993.
- ›The applicant relied, among other evidence, on a 25/07/2023 online article depicting the earlier bag; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier design had been validly disclosed online before 16/05/2024 and compared the designs from the perspective of the informed handbag user.
- ›Given the high degree of similarity in shape and features and only minor differences, the contested design created the same overall impression and lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, 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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