Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-03
000129941
Contested design: 015027849-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 720 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015027849-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
80-20 Commerce GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Zirndorf, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shunyi Ni
China (CN)
Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, China
Represented by
Yanyun Zhang
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon listing for a clamp clip holding a parasol
https://www.amazon.co.uk; ASIN B 09S 678 VT3 · Amazon UK · disclosed 2022-02-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested clamp clip lacked novelty and individual character over an Amazon listing published on 10/02/2022.
- ›The applicant said both designs shared the same clamp body, twin screws and flexible arm, differing only in a minor spring-loaded connection detail.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR.
- ›Given average designer freedom, the minor junction difference did not change the overall impression, so the design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- 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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