Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-30
000128977
Contested design: 015076591-0001
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 015076591-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xingshao Livia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Beijing City, China
Represented by
Maria Ioannides
Holder · RCD owner
Yuren Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Putian City, Fujian Province, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
moulds for food products
EU design No 015064294-0003 · disclosed 2024-07-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity based on an earlier registered EU design, arguing the contested confectioners’ mould lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of earlier EU design No 015064294-0003 and found the contested design created the same overall impression despite minor differences.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| 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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