Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-04
000130362
Contested design: 015099753-0007
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 015099753-0007 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mingtu Co Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenhen, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Xiafang Technology Co., Ltd
China (CN)
Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Patric Schrezenmaier
Prior art cited (1)
pressure washer
CN 308511783 S · Chinese Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2024-03-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant claimed the contested pressure-washer design lacked novelty and individual character over Chinese design registration CN 308511783 S disclosed on 2024-03-15.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the Chinese registration was adequately disclosed under Article 7(1) EUDR and that designer freedom for pressure washers remained broad despite functional constraints.
- ›The designs shared the same global configuration and proportions; minor surface details and an accessory arm in the prior design did not change the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was invalidated in full, and the holder was ordered to bear EUR 720 in costs.
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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