Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-10
000128157
Contested design: 001787714-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; EU design No 001787714-0004 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 001787714-0004 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Boombrush bvvia PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
Netherlands (NL)
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Philips Sonicare Easyclean electric toothbrush shown in a PDF user manual
holder's webpage · disclosed 2009-11-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the toothbrush design lacked novelty and individual character, relying in particular on the Philips Sonicare Easyclean manual disclosure dated 4 November 2009.
- ›Holder said the design remained new and distinctive, disputed D10 as a valid and sufficiently clear disclosure, and argued the applicant impermissibly combined features from multiple earlier designs.
- ›The Division accepted the sworn bailiff report and website manual as a valid Article 7(1) disclosure and found the images sufficiently clear for comparison.
- ›Given at least average designer freedom, the Division found the prior design created the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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