Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-23
000128758
Contested design: 015085054-0010
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 015085054-0010 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Anru Electronics Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Mon Yin Lin
Holder · RCD owner
Yuxuan Luo
China (CN)
Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer and customer reviews for 'Inflatable Costume Adult Axolotl' of Seeds of Light brand
https://www.amazon.com (ASIN B0BYNBXBJH) · Amazon.com · disclosed 2023-12-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that an earlier Amazon-disclosed axolotl inflatable costume destroyed the contested design's novelty and individual character and also invoked Article 25(1)(f) EUDR.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application or the applicant's evidence.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printouts and dated customer reviews as sufficient evidence of prior public disclosure before the filing date.
- ›It found only minor differences between the costumes, held that they produced the same overall impression on the informed user, and declared the design invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- 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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