Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-28
000129536
Contested design: 015069239-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design 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 015069239-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
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
Wenjiu Yangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, China
Represented by
Giang ZhoU
Prior art cited (1)
Cat litter trays
CN 308181956 S · China patent database · disclosed 2023-08-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier Chinese design patent CN 308181956 S published on 18 August 2023.
- ›The holder was invited to file observations but did not reply, so the application was effectively undefended.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the earlier patent had been validly disclosed and that both designs created the same overall impression on the informed user; colour differences and minor base details were insufficient.
- ›The application was upheld on Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6(1)(b) EUDR, so the contested design was declared invalid without examining novelty 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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