Invalidity · first instance · 2025-09-18
000129185
Contested design: 015048558-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015048558-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dongguan Super Electric Technology Co.,Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Wenzhou Lingzhan Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Katerina Grišina
Prior art cited (1)
'Bestyks' electric cleaning brush
https://www.amazon.de (ASIN B0CPLNWGGP) · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-12-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested cleaning-brush handle lacked novelty and individual character because an earlier Bestyks product had already been offered on Amazon before filing.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, designer freedom, or the comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) and found at least an average degree of designer freedom in this sector.
- ›It found the contested design reproduced the prior design's essential silhouette and control layout, creating the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and the holder was ordered to bear EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
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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