Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-24
000130181
Contested design: 008400915-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 008400915-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hui Yaovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yulin City, Shanxi Province, China
Represented by
Pier Francesco Pistuddi
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Zongyuan Technology Co., Ltd
China (CN)
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Joanna Dargiewicz
Prior art cited (3)
Amazon offer for '08/Set of 10 Tea Towels' showing a cloth wrapped around an unknown object.
ASIN B01A LFO LNA · amazon.de · disclosed 2018-02-27
Amazon offer for 'TreeBox Straining Cloth' showing a cloth or serviette.
ASIN B 07R B9J YRK · amazon.de · disclosed 2019-09-09
Amazon offer for 'XelNaga 5 Pack Cheesecloth' showing light-coloured cloths stacked together.
ASIN B 088 F3V VSD · amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2020-05-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on three earlier Amazon-disclosed cloth or sieve designs.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure for prior designs 1 and 2, rejected prior design 3 as insufficiently represented, and found the accepted prior designs created different overall impressions.
- ›The application was rejected because the evidence did not establish invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) EUDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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