Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-07
000129725
Contested design: 008042071-0001
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 008042071-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xiufeng Daivia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Holder · RCD owner
Pujiang Maiguo Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon listing for a string of lights marketed as '3M/10Ft 30 Blue White Ball LED Battery Operated String Fairy Light'
https://www.amazon.com; ASIN B 01M EHK JET · Amazon · disclosed 2016-10-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an Amazon disclosure of similar string lights available since 20 October 2016.
- ›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) and treated the prior design as publicly available before the filing date.
- ›It found the shared spherical woven light housings and overall arrangement decisive, with color differences alone insufficient given broad design freedom.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character.
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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