Invalidity · first instance · 2025-08-28
000129097
Contested design: 015062869-0013
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; EU design No. 015062869-0013 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene EU-Geschmacksmuster Nr. 015062869-0013 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)
lockable diaper cover pants / Windelüberhose by StraitJacketShop
etsy.com/listing/667420816/heavy-duty-lockable-diaper-cover-pants · etsy.com and fetlife.com · disclosed 2019-05-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested design lacked individual character because earlier online disclosures of the same diaper-cover design predated the June 7, 2024 filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Etsy and FetLife screenshots as sufficient evidence of prior public disclosure and treated the older design as disclosed before the filing date.
- ›It found only minor colour differences and no different overall impression for the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SEMSA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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