Invalidity · first instance · 2025-08-26
000129135
Contested design: 015062869-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene EU-Geschmacksmuster Nr. 015062869-0006 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Der Inhaber trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Wish Maker Media Damian Ornafvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Pabianice, Polen
Represented by
Marek Wiński
Holder · RCD owner
Lorenz Engel
Germany (DE)
Augsburg, Deutschland
Represented by
Robert Meyen
Prior art cited (1)
sleep face mask / eye mask with triangular nose cut-out and tying bands
https://etsy.com/uk/listing/1268708295/sleep-face-mask-for-obscuring-vision · Etsy · disclosed 2022-07-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on earlier Etsy disclosures of the same eye-mask design before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest the alleged prior disclosure or the claimed similarity between the designs.
- ›The Division accepted the Etsy materials as proving disclosure before 7 June 2024 and treated the pink-and-white version as prior design D1.
- ›It found the contested design created the same overall impression as D1, so the design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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