Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-04
000129803
Contested design: 008607881-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 720.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 008607881-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yangyi Tianvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Chenzhou, Hu'nan, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Meiban Chen
China (CN)
Quanzhou, Fujian, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
Disposable safety body-, nose-, lip-, navel-, ear-piercing gun
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B07HXMDQN6 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2018-10-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested ear-piercing gun lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier Amazon-disclosed design available since 2 October 2018.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, designer freedom, or the comparison of overall impressions.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printouts as sufficient internet disclosure evidence under Article 7 and treated the prior design as publicly available before filing.
- ›Given at least average designer freedom, the minor differences did not alter the very similar overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
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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