Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-22
000128895
Contested design: 015054945-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015054945-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Carl Freudenberg KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Weinheim, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yun Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Weifang,Shandong, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Żuradzki
Prior art cited (1)
cleansing instruments
EU design registration No 15031198-0002 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-12-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier published EU design registration.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier EU design registration was validly disclosed and that the contested design produced the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca Julia SANTANA DAVIES
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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