Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-11
000128535
Contested design: 015047179-0002
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 015047179-0002 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yongfei JIvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Hebei, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Baoxia Liu
China (CN)
Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, China
Represented by
Andrea Albert Catalá
Prior art cited (1)
dashpot plunger
Chinese design registration No 202230215072.3 · DesignView / Chinese Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-09-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that an earlier Chinese design registration destroyed the novelty of the contested dashpot-plunger design.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but did not submit observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Chinese registration as prior disclosure and found the compared designs materially identical, with only a slight shade difference in blue.
- ›The application succeeded on novelty and the contested design was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
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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