Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-09
000129361
Contested design: 009005861-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 009005861-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
CD Commerce GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Bebra, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xiaoxia LI
China (CN)
Meizhou, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Andrea Albert Catala
Prior art cited (1)
snail protection ring
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B 001 AUK TYG · Amazon.de · disclosed 2013-06-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested plant protective grille lacked novelty and individual character because an identical Amazon-offered design had been on the market since 26/06/2013.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de printout with ASIN and date as sufficient internet disclosure evidence under Article 7 EUDR.
- ›Comparing the designs directly, the Division found them identical apart from an immaterial shade difference and held the contested design lacked novelty.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- 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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