Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-12
000130343
Contested design: 015069384-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015069384-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Liling Ceramics Industry Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Zhuzhou City, China
Holder · RCD owner
Changsha Famiware Trading Co., Ltd
China (CN)
Changsha, Hunan, China
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for the 'Famiware Star Dinnerware Set' showing circular plates
ASIN B 09X WHB YZ7 · Amazon · disclosed 2022-04-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier Amazon disclosure of the holder's plate sold since 14 April 2022.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the applicant's evidence was unrebutted.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the prior and contested plates created the same overall impression.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), so the application was upheld and the design invalidated with costs against the holder.
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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