Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-14
000128158
Contested design: 015071393-0001
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 015071393-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Interglobal Trading Solutions Group SLvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Sant Cogut del Vallés, Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yunhe County Mohan Toys Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Lishui, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (8)
toys and board games
0150599970001 · EUIPO · disclosed 2024-05-08
toys and board games
0150599970002 · EUIPO · disclosed 2024-05-08
toys and board games
015059997-0003 · EUIPO · disclosed 2024-05-08
toys and board games
015060010-0001 · EUIPO · disclosed 2024-05-14
toys and board games
015070505-0001 · EUIPO · disclosed 2024-08-27
toys and board games
015070505-0002 · EUIPO · disclosed 2024-08-27
Set for the Development of Fine Motor Skills and Concentration
202331412 · Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. copyright registration relied on for the same toy concept
TX 9379498 · U.S. Copyright Office · disclosed 2024-02-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant relied on several earlier toy-design rights and related registrations, arguing that the contested toy reproduced the same essential hexagonal tower configuration.
- ›The holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division assessed earlier EU design No 015060010-0001, accepted its prior disclosure, and found that the contested design created the same overall impression despite minor differences in the top ring, bar bottoms and visible screws.
- ›The application succeeded on lack of individual character, so the other invoked grounds and prior rights were left unexamined.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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