Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-22
000127580
Contested design: 015071853-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holders 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 0150718530001 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Brand New Michał Pietraśvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Lublin, Poland
Represented by
Piotr Śliwiński
Holder · RCD owner
Jadwiga Łowkiewiczvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Świeszyno, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
ball-point pens, drawing implements and writing instruments
EU design No 0066942380001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-08-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on earlier EU design No 0066942380001 for ball-point pens.
- ›The holders argued that differences in ring placement, colours, tube transparency, tip shape and clip coverage produced a different overall impression and requested a stay.
- ›The Division rejected the suspension request, accepted disclosure of the earlier registered design, and found only minor differences within a relatively broad design freedom for ball-point pens.
- ›It concluded that the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR, upheld the application, invalidated the design, and awarded costs against the holders.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
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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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