Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-11
000126775
Contested design: 015054744-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested EU design is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered EU design No 015054744-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Trivara Brand SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Sat. Maracineni, Romania
Represented by
Cornel Vladimir Szatmari-Filip
Holder · RCD owner
Ecomsoul Pro SRL
Romania (RO)
Cristian, Jud Sibiu, Romania
Prior art cited (1)
water dispenser 'Dispenser Apa Automat Tip Fantana Virtwo…'
https://www.emag.ro/dispenser-apa-automat-tip-fantana-virtwotm-alb-capacitate-3l-ultra-silentios-purificare-apa-prosop-absorbant-perie-curatare-caini-si-pisici-si-6x-filtre-carbune-activ-nano-incluse-dis001/pd/DNFSQTYBM/#reviews-section · emag.ro · disclosed 2024-01-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant relied on an earlier emag.ro water-dispenser listing and matching customer-review evidence to attack novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division treated the webpage and review printouts together as sufficient internet disclosure evidence and found the two fountains conveyed the same overall impression to the informed user.
- ›The contested design was declared invalid and the holder was ordered to pay fixed costs.
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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