Invalidity · first instance · 2025-08-04
000128976
Contested design: 015084474-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder’s fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 015084474-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Meng Shen Surixvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Katowice, Poland
Represented by
Daniel Kurdubski
Holder · RCD owner
Dongguan Keewey Electrical Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Dongguan City,Guangdong Province, China
Prior art cited (3)
electric wine extractors
EU design registration No 015030178-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-08-29
wine dispenser shown on morele.net
www.morele.net · morele.net
black wine dispenser offered on Amazon
https://www.amazon.pl; ASIN B0CM BR8 91F · Amazon.pl · disclosed 2023-11-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested wine-dispenser design lacked individual character over earlier design D1 and two earlier internet disclosures, D2 and D3.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application or the submitted evidence.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 and D3, rejected D2 for insufficient proof of online disclosure, and found the designer's freedom in wine dispensers not severely limited.
- ›Comparing the contested design with D1 and D3, the Division found visible differences in interface, texture, finish, and spout shape that created different overall impressions, so the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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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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