Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-12
000130201
Contested design: 009169980-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 009169980-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jinmei Huangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Zhichao Yu
China (CN)
Xianyou County, Fujian Province, China
Represented by
Jesús Eladio Sánchez Silva
Prior art cited (1)
Hydrating Hydrogen Oxygen Machine
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B 09T DP4 4R1 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2021-10-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued that an Amazon.de listing from 18 October 2021 disclosed the same facial-treatment device before the contested design's filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure and found broad designer freedom for the product's appearance.
- ›Comparing the main unit, screen, containers, handpieces and facial mask, the Division found the same overall impression and no 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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