Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-12
000130302
Contested design: 009176290-0001
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 009176290-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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)
LDK Garden modular outdoor sofa modules shown in the video "LDK GARDEN feria Intergift, Febrero 2020, Madrid"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf3oLaP5hVk · YouTube · disclosed 2020-02-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on a YouTube video showing earlier modular outdoor sofa modules before the filing date.
- ›The holder stated that it did not wish to submit observations on the merits.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the YouTube video as a public disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the earlier sofa module produced the same overall impression.
- ›Because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), the application was upheld and the design declared invalid.
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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