Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-21
000129224
Contested design: 015079304-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015079304-0004 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mkto Catal Importaciones, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Pulpi (Almería), Spain
Represented by
Lerroux
Holder · RCD owner
Guangzhou L-TEK Enterprise Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Guangzhou, China
Represented by
Andrea Albert Catala
Prior art cited (1)
Coffee mug warmer
ASIN B0BCKX4LPW · amazon.es · disclosed 2023-01-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested cup warmer lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier Amazon-disclosed coffee mug warmer.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient web disclosure before 6 November 2024 under Article 7(1) EUDR.
- ›It found the shared rounded rectangular body and central circular heating surface dominated the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the design was invalidated in full, and the holder was ordered to pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
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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