Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-24
000128755
Contested design: 006446589-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered EU design No 0064465890004 is declared invalid; the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0064465890004 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Wang Tangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shibao Town, Gulin County, Sichuan Province, China
Represented by
Mon Yin Lin
Prior art cited (1)
mat for sports
EU design No 0059497320001 · European Union Designs Bulletin / EU designs Register · disclosed 2019-01-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, arguing that the contested sports mat produced the same overall impression as an earlier EU design published before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to file observations on the invalidity application but did not reply.
- ›The Division accepted publication of earlier EU design No 0059497320001 in the EU Designs Bulletin as sufficient disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR and found the informed user would see the same overall shape, pattern, handles and colour distribution.
- ›Because the identified differences in shades, line thickness, rectangular spaces and handle composition did not alter the overall impression, the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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