Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-12
000130361
Contested design: 015069310-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered EU design No 015069310-0001 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 015069310-0001 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 listing for the 'Famiware Star Dinnerware Set' showing a shallow circular plate
ASIN B0BWMPBWRS · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-05-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested plate design matched the holder's Famiware Star dinnerware plate sold on Amazon since 14 May 2023 and therefore lacked individual character.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest the applicant's disclosure evidence or the merits.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de printout with ASIN B0BWMPBWRS and first-availability date as sufficient proof of public disclosure before the 13 August 2024 filing date.
- ›For shallow plates, the designer had at least average freedom; the shared circular shape, flat centre, shallow well, rim proportions and ribbed outer texture dominated the comparison.
- ›The contested design produced the same overall impression as the prior design, so the application was upheld, the design was invalidated in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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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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