Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-01
000129227
Contested design: 015076945-0001
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 0150769450001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Liu Yijinvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Andrea Albert Catala
Holder · RCD owner
Jinzhong Yuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Xin’an Town, Deqing County, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
household scissors offered on Amazon
ASIN B 0BP SPT PJC · Amazon · disclosed 2022-12-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested scissors design lacked novelty and individual character because it copied an earlier scissors design disclosed on Amazon.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, novelty, or individual character.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure before the filing date under Article 7 EUDR.
- ›It found the two designs materially identical apart from immaterial blade wording, so the contested design lacked novelty and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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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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