Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-12
000130301
Contested design: 009176290-0004
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 009176290-0004 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Guangzhou Topmax Enterprise Limitedvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Guangzhou, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Peter Callsen
Denmark (DK)
hellerup, Denmark
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Blomus Outdoor Diwan grey sofa, specifically the chaise longue module
https://www.amazon.de (ASIN B 09Y Z1X 7R3) · Amazon · disclosed 2022-04-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested garden-chair design lacked novelty and individual character over a modular outdoor sofa disclosed on Amazon on 27/04/2022.
- ›Holder stated that it did not wish to submit observations on the substance of the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the prior module and contested design created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), and the holder was ordered to bear the costs.
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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