Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-20
000129724
Contested design: 015090604-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested EU design is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered EU design No 0150906040001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jiaxu Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Douhudi Town, Gong’an County, Hubei Province, China
Represented by
Mon Yin Lin
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Xianluo Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
litter box
EU design No 0150440370001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-12-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant relied on earlier EU design No 0150440370001 and claimed the contested litter box lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder did not file observations.
- ›The Division treated the earlier EU design publication as valid disclosure and found the cylindrical container and rectangular base dominated the same overall impression.
- ›The contested design was invalidated for lack of individual character.
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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