Invalidity · first instance · 2025-08-29
000129095
Contested design: 015001680-0001
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 015001680-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhimou DENGvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yingbo Luo
China (CN)
Meizhou, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Maria Ioannides
Prior art cited (1)
coat hanger offered by Tanice on Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk (ASIN B09B1RGHPP) · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2021-07-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier coat hanger disclosed on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not challenge the applicant's evidence or the alleged public disclosure.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon screenshots as proving disclosure on 22 July 2021 and found the earlier and contested designs materially identical.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked novelty, and the holder was ordered to bear the costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberChiara BORACE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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