Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-20
000129504
Contested design: 015055090-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0150550900001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Joyin US Corpvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
Tempe, United States
Represented by
Maria Ioannides
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Yaxin superior product E-Business Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
children's swing rope with platform
https://www.amazon.nl; ASIN B0CR5Q52R5 · Amazon.nl · disclosed 2023-12-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on an earlier Amazon-disclosed rope swing design available since 29 December 2023.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure and found average designer freedom for rope swings.
- ›Because the designs created the same overall impression despite color differences, the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
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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