Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-14
000127201
Contested design: 015058726-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered EU design No 015058726-0001 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 015058726-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
RidgeMonkey Group Limitedvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Represented by
Cathy Brocklebank
Prior art cited (3)
RidgeMonkey Advanced Boilie Crusher
004019743-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-06-12
RidgeMonkey Advanced Boilie Crusher
004019743-0002 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-06-12
YouTube video showing the RidgeMonkey Advanced Boilie Crusher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjlmkDA4-20 · YouTube · disclosed 2016-09-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier EU designs 004019743-0001 and 004019743-0002, also citing a 16 September 2016 YouTube disclosure.
- ›Holder argued the differences in lid transparency, colour, handle placement, proportions and detailing, plus limited design freedom from technical constraints, produced a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found both earlier EU designs were disclosed before the filing date, the designer’s freedom was at least average, and the contested design created the same overall impression as D1.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR; Article 5 and the remaining earlier disclosures were not examined further.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- 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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