Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-14
000129423
Contested design: 008981450-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered EU design No 008981450-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 008981450-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lei Xuevia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Affargo Ltdvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
London, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for a 'Magnetic Fidget Pen' depicting a pen design
https://www.amazon.co.uk; ASIN B0BWFP77PY · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2021-11-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier designs disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied, among other things, on an Amazon.co.uk listing for a 'Magnetic Fidget Pen' with ASIN B0BWFP77PY available since 24 November 2021.
- ›The holder filed no observations, and the Division accepted the Amazon evidence as sufficient disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR.
- ›Comparing the prior pen and the contested design, the Division found only minor differences and held that the contested design lacked individual character, so invalidity was granted.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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