Invalidity · first instance · 2025-09-29
000128595
Contested design: 015055546-0001
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 0150555460001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Guanfeng Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Zhipeng Xie
China (CN)
Kengzaikou Town, Yongchun County, Fujian, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Pendant light resembling a hot-air balloon offered on Amazon.
ASIN B 0CY LTV B7N · Amazon · disclosed 2024-03-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested pendant light lacked novelty because an identical hot-air-balloon light had already been offered on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied on an Amazon product page showing the design, ASIN, and availability since 20/03/2024.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the Amazon evidence sufficient to prove disclosure and held the prior and contested designs identical in overall shape, colours, and details.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid for lack of novelty.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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