Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-10
000130561
Contested design: 015101723-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0151017230001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Fujian Dehua Shuxiu Ceramics Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Xunzhong Town, Dehua County, Fujian Province, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Zhengzhou Walson Lighting Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China
Represented by
Francesco Agostini
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon printout for 'Matcha Set' showing a teacup/matcha bowl product
https://www.amazon.com; ASIN B0CNRPT635 · Amazon.com · disclosed 2024-01-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier Amazon-disclosed matcha set and also invoking Article 25(1)(e) EUDR.
- ›The applicant argued the Amazon printout proved public disclosure on 6 January 2024 and that the contested teacup reproduced the earlier design with only immaterial differences.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the Division assessed the case first under Article 6 EUDR.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as sufficient disclosure, found the teacups created the same overall impression on the informed user, and declared the design invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
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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